Questions
- What is the term for a language no longer spoken by any community?
- Name an endangered click language from Southern Africa.
- What is the indigenous language of the San people?
- Is Khoekhoe considered endangered?
- Which island nation has many unique indigenous languages including Malagasy?
- What is one of the endangered languages in Nigeria with fewer than 500 speakers?
- Which East African country is working to preserve the Maasai language?
- The El Molo people of Kenya speak a nearly extinct language—true or false?
- What is the UN agency involved in language preservation?
- What’s the term for documenting dying languages?
Answers
- Extinct language
- !Xóõ
- Khoisan
- Yes
- Madagascar
- Shabo
- Kenya
- True
- UNESCO
- Language documentation