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Abamu Degio
Photograph by Jeremy Fahringer
Abamu Degio with her portrait by Chris Rainier, featured in the December 2010 National Geographic article about Koro.
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Harvested Oranges
Photograph by Jeremy Fahringer
Returning with harvested oranges near Bana 3km / Yangse, East Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh.
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Salu Badi
Video still by Jeremy Fahringer
Salu Badi, a Koro priest, performing a ritual in front of a sokrou ngin (spirit house), Pichong village, East Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Video still.
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Boar Jaws
Photograph by Jeremy Fahringer
Salu Badi displays boar jaws used as priestly items.
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Spirit House
Photograph by Jeremy Fahringer
A sokrou ngin (spirit house) in Bana 3km / Yangse, East Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh
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David Harrison and Anthony Degio
Photograph by Jeremy Fahringer
David Harrison interviews Koro speaker Anthony Degio in Bana 3km/Yangse, East Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh
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Listening to a Koro language story
Photograph by Jeremy Fahringer
Anthony Degio (left) listens to playback of a Koro language story, with David Harrison, Takpa Yame, and Greg Anderson.
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Anthony Degio and Katya Yame
Photograph by Jeremy Fahringer
Anthony Degio and Katya Yame, Koro speakers, look over a photo of Katya in The Last Speakers by David Harrison.
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Bridge to Pichong Village
Photograph by Jeremy Fahringer
Bridge to Pichong village, East Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh
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Kameng River Valley
Photograph by Jeremy Fahringer
The Kameng River Valley, near Bana 3km / Yangse
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Expedition Team
Photograph by Jeremy Fahringer
Left to right: Opino Gomango, Sange Degio, Anthony Degio, David Harrison, Greg Anderson, Ganesh Murmu, and Jeremy Fahringer in Kadeyõ village, East Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh
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Enduring Voices team interviewing Bugun speakers
Photograph by Opino Gomango
Members of the Enduring Voices team (left to right: Jeremy Fahringer, Ganesh Murmu, Greg Anderson, David Harrison) interview Bugun speakers Kombeng Katiram Maspu and Kirang Norbu Maspu in Rama Bao village.
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Fox skins
Photograph by K. David Harrison
Jeremy Fahringer (left) films while Bugun speakers Kombeng Katiram Maspu and Kirang Norbu Maspu show flying fox skins to Greg Anderson in Rama Bao village.
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Traditional Hand Loom
Photograph by Jeremy Fahringer
A traditional hand loom and mobile phone in Chug village, West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh
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Chug speaker
Photograph by K. David Harrison
Chug speaker Tsering Khandu (left) teaches Chug words to Greg Anderson and Ganesh Murmu in Chug village.
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Chug village
Photograph by Jeremy Fahringer
A typical scene in Chug village: stone houses, bamboo fences, and prayer flags.
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Enduring Voices Team Interviews Dorji Khandu Thongdok
Photograph by Jeremy Fahringer
Greg Anderson and David Harrison interviews Dorji Khandu Thongdok and Lamu Norbu in Thungri village, West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh.
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Sherdukpen House
Photograph by K. David Harrison
Interior of a traditional Sherdukpen house (yam), with cooking area and pots, in Thungri village
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Dorji Khandu Thongdok
Photograph by K. David Harrison
Mr. Dorji Khandu Thongdok, gambura of Thungri village
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Ceremonial bowl
Photograph by K. David Harrison
A Sherdukpen ceremonial bowl with animals representing the calendar months in Thungri village.
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Lamu Norbu and Jeremy Fahringer
Photograph by K. David Harrison
Lamu Norbu, a speaker of Sherdukpen, watches video playback with Jeremy Fahringer of his interview about Sherdukpen language attitudes
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Family
Photograph by Jeremy Fahringer
Sherdukpen speaker Lamu Norbu (left) with his family at Thungri village
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Sipping Tea
Photograph by Jeremy Fahringer
Opino Gomango, Ganesh Murmu, Greg Anderson, and Jeremy Fahringer in Chug village
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Meet the Team
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Gregory Anderson, Linguist
Dr. Gregory D. S. Anderson is a linguist who is director of the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the documentation, revitalization, and maintenance of endangered languages.
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David Harrison, Linguist
K. David Harrison is a linguist and leading specialist in the study of endangered languages. He co-leads the Enduring Voices project at National Geographic and is an associate professor at Swarthmore College.
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Chris Rainier, Photographer
Chris Rainier is considered one of the leading documentary photographers working today. His life's mission is to put on film both the remaining natural wilderness and indigenous cultures around the globe and to use images to create social change.
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The Last Speakers
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The Last Speakers
The poignant chronicle of K. David Harrison’s expeditions around the world to meet with last speakers of vanishing languages.
"The Last Speakers" is now published in Japanese. Read the interview with Dr. Harrison here and purchase the Japanese edition here.
