Ninety-one-year-old Katrina Esau is the last known speaker of N|uu. Years of colonialism and apartheid had almost wiped out this indigenous South African language. As a young girl, Katrina was told to be ashamed of her native tongue and instead speak Afrikaans. But as an adult, Esau set out to preserve N|uu by founding a school in her hometown Upington and creating a N|uu dictionary.
Protecting an Endangered Language
Despite having two living sisters, Esau has no one to speak her language with, aside from the family members and children she had taught a few phrases. “I miss speaking to someone,” she said. “It doesn’t feel good. You talk, you walk, you know … you miss someone who can just sit with you and speak N|uu with you.”
CONTINUE READING ON THE NEXT PAGE Advertisement:
Cost-Effective Skincare Routine That Involves Vaseline and Bananas
Kitchen Hacks for Chicken Soup
How To Make Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup
easy Crockpot Cowboy
Simone Biles’ Grandparents Became Her Parents after Mom Starved Her — Now Proud Dad Walks Her Down the Aisle
HARTNÄCKIGE FLECKEN AUF DER KLEIDUNG, DAS WIRKSAME MITTEL, UM SIE DAUERHAFT ZU ENTFERNEN
Cheesy Mozzarella Chicken Bake
Benefits of the Smoothie Diet
The Surprising Purpose of the Metal Part Between Scissors’ Handles
