Many people were ashamed to use the language in public because of this, but in the 1990s, a sociolinguist named Dr. Nigel Crawhall and the United Nations made an effort to bring the language out of hiding.
Only Esau remained by December 2021 out of a total of 25 who claimed fluency in N|uu.A professional linguistic consultancy known as African
Tongue works with native speakers of the southern African languages of Ju, Tuu, and Khoe—all of which are in risk of extinction—to develop artistic and instructional materials.
Kerry Jones, a linguist and the organization’s director, gave an interview to IFLScience in which she discussed the language’s origins.
A huge turning point occurred in the 1990s, she said, when individuals finally felt comfortable enough to come forward.
