Asian Geographic

KaraKhanid Tay Boi 1950S 1954 Mbabaram 1972

- North Queensland, Australia Luzon, Isabela Province, Philippine­s New South Wales, Australia Queensland­nd, Australia

Modern-day Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan

Between 999 and 1211, the Kara-khanids ruled the KaraKhanid Khanate dynasty. The languages of the Kara-khanid were called Turki, Kashgari or Khaquani. Karluk Turkic was spoken in the khanate. Vietnam Tay Boi was a unique mixture of French and Vietnamese used in the 19th to mid-20th century. French departure around 1954 supposedly marked the extinction of this pidgin language. Mbabaram, spoken in North Queensland, was the traditiona­l language of the Mbabaram tribe. Notably, it did not fit into the continent’s linguistic patterns. Albert Bennett, the last speaker, died in 1972.

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