09-06-2015 20:39 via feeds.theguardian.com

Sisters fight to save ancient African language from extinction

Hanna Koper, 95, and her two siblings thought to be last remaining speakers of N|uu and are working with linguists to preserve oldest surviving San language A 95-year-old woman is helping a last ditch effort to preserve an ancient African language before it goes extinct.Hanna Koper and her two sisters are thought to be the last remaining speakers of the San language N|uu, rated as critically endangered by Unesco. The San, also known as “bushmen”, were the first hunter-gatherers in southern A
Read more »