Tsunami Pushes Native Language To The Brink On This Island

A devastating natural disaster 19 years ago has pushed the native language of a tiny island in the Bay of Bengal into decline.

This could be a sign of things to come for many languages as climate change gathers pace and such disasters become more frequent.

The case of Teressa Island in the Nicobar group of the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago underscores the difficulty in predicting how climate change will affect the language landscape in various regions.