Kenya: Efforts Underway in Kenya to Preserve Disappearing Indigenous Dialects

In Africa, hundreds of indigenous languages are on the verge of extinction, according to the U.N. culture organization UNESCO.  That includes at least 13 languages in Kenya.  This week, Kenyan civil society groups met in Nairobi to discuss a proposed bill to help preserve and safeguard these disappearing dialects.

One-hundred-two-year-old Leriman Letiko sits under a tree, passing down knowledge of a culture and a dialect that may be near its end.

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