PODCAST #68 | N|Katrina Esau does not want to bring an ancient and unmatched language
- Katrina Esau belongs to the community of San, rooted in South Africa; a community that has had to abandon much along the way after occupation, colonization, apartheid and neocolonization. Among them, N|uu his mother tongue. At 88 years old, N|Uu is the last speaker who speaks and without resources is doing his best to transmit it, so that one of the oldest languages in the world is not carried with him on the day of his death. With the help of Esau, several linguists have put in the written language passed so far and Esau has just published the first book of children's stories! Qhoi n|a Tjhoi.
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