Trying to save South Africa's first language

Read this very interesting article about how a very few people are trying to save South Africa's first language. It'll make us think about the importance of our mother tongue, language and communication.

"We would get beaten up by the white man if we were caught speaking our language", says Katrina Esau.

Katrina Esau is working hard to save the language of her childhood from dying out.

At 84, Ms Esau is one of the last three fluent speakers of N|uu, one of the languages spoken by South Africa's San community, also known as Bushmen.
N|uu is considered the original language of southern Africa.
With no other fluent speakers in the world apart from this family, the language is recognised by the UN as "critically endangered".

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