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Chilean indigenous language vanishes as last native speaker dies

Cristina Calderon, 91, speaks during an interview at her house in Ukika village, Puerto Williams, Chile May 17, 2019. [Reuters]

An indigenous language from South America's extreme south has all but vanished after the death of its last living speaker and guardian of its ancestral culture.

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