I made a presentation for school some years ago about the world's rarest and dying languages. I clearly remember at the time there were only four (native and fluent) speakers alive. I haven't checked again since so this post came as a bit of a punch right in the heart...
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I remember you did a video about this and how you went on talking about how African languages and cultures are slowly being diluted by English. It’s very educational. 😊
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Thank you for sharing her efforts 🙏🙏 I imagine there's heartbreak to be in her position, but because of her there is also ho
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This is so sad! But I am very glad of the efforts she's made to preserve the language! I hope the kids pick it up!
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This language needs to be preserved and taught to others. We know less about ancient African history than we do about ancient European and Asian history (with the exception of Egypt), so it's important to preserve this language and spread it on to future generations.
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Thank you for sharing the knowledge, preserving what we have is vital. There's no excuse with the technology we have
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AFRICAN XHOSA ASMR
Ouma Katrina Esau is the last fluent speaker of N|uu, a 20 000-year-old click language of the Khomani San people. Since the passing of the second-to-last speaker in 2021, she has worked with linguists to document it, co-authored a children’s book, and teaches local schoolchildren in hopes of preserving the language.
An ASMR video to learn more about the history of the San people 👇🏾👇🏾
https://youtu.be/_h7_Td97qwU?si=VMLnc...
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