The names Tenkichi, Bangloori amchigal, Badgichi and Konggnnyanchi are what the groups call themselves. These names are not known to anyone outside their group. Outsiders mistake them as Marathi or Konkani - which are two separate groups of people with separate cultures and separate histories...
Here's a direct link to the video: http://www.uncontactedtribes.org/brazilfootage
But the world's attention is on such tribes in Brazil and they will lose their ways pretty soon, thanks to loggers and commercial interests.
In India, on the other hand, there are mountain dwellers living within...
Another entry from my dairy.
"There are many groups of hill dwellers living in the Sahyadri mountain ranges of Western Maharashtra. These are very primitive mountain people almost ignored by the rest of India. There are several groups, all bracketed as 'pahadi' by people in India. The word...
Yes. And from my notes, these are four related languages, not three. All from Southern India. One is called Tenkichi, another is called Bangloori amchigal, a third is called Badgichi and the fourth is Konggnnyanchi. The locals call all of them "konkani" or "marathi" even though konkani in fact...
On a recent extended visit to India, I learned that three languages have no name, i.e. people who don't speak that language have no name for that language, they're not aware that there are languages like these. Is this highly unusual or pretty common in those parts of the world?
I am your regular White guy and a Texan for 6 generations.
The PhD application form asks for your place of birth.
Now I was actually born in Mexico but soon after I was born, my mother married a guy from Romania and moved to Romania. He wanted to immigrate to the US, so he registered...