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Lost language found on back of old letter

By T.K. Randall
September 1, 2010 · Comment icon 6 comments

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A long lost language from Northern Peru has been found scrawled on the back of a 400-year-old letter.
Written by an unknown Spanish author the paper was recovered from the ruins of a colonial Spanish church in 2008 however it was only recently that scientists and linguists realised the importance of the words written on the back of it.
Notes on the back of a 400-year-old letter have revealed a previously unknown language once spoken by indigenous peoples of northern Peru, an archaeologist says. Penned by an unknown Spanish author and lost for four centuries, the battered piece of paper was pulled from the ruins of an ancient Spanish colonial church in 2008.


Source: National Geographic | Comments (6)




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Comment icon #1 Posted by :PsYKoTiC:BeHAvIoR: 15 years ago
I'm really surprised on how well preserved the letter is, especially for a piece of paper being buried in ruble for 4 centuries. I suppose the climate is mostly dry in Northern Peru?
Comment icon #2 Posted by OverSword 15 years ago
The paper looks very cloth-like.
Comment icon #3 Posted by Pompey_Lad_18 15 years ago
The paper looks very cloth-like. ?
Comment icon #4 Posted by Geldoblame 15 years ago
The paper looks very cloth-like. Yea, it does kinda look like a napkin.
Comment icon #5 Posted by the rebirth 15 years ago
The paper looks very cloth-like. Yea, it does kinda look like a napkin. they used to make paper by hand back in the day. the paper they made back then was much more durable than today's machine-made bleach paper. inb4mayan2012conspiracytheorists
Comment icon #6 Posted by jimmylives 15 years ago
Very interesting. The Quechua language wasn't an autocrat in the 17. century in the area anyway, it was used with the Kingnam and the Pescadora together. Article


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