92 岁的卡特里娜·埃绍 (Katrina Esau) 是最后一位能流利地讲南非 N|uu 语的人,尽管她身处贫困,但仍通过教育和技术努力保护南非语。
At 92, Katrina Esau, last fluent speaker of South Africa’s N|uu language, fights to preserve it through education and technology despite poverty.
卡特里娜·埃索(Katrina Esau)是南非古代努乌语最流利的第一语言使用者,
At 92, Katrina Esau, the last fluent first-language speaker of South Africa’s ancient N|uu language, is preserving the 25,000-year-old tongue through a school, children’s book, dictionary, and language app with her granddaughter.
由于殖民时代的惩罚,她于1933年出生,长大后一直躲藏着努乌。
Born in 1933, she grew up hiding N|uu due to colonial-era punishment.
尽管她有幸成为“活人宝藏”并获得荣誉博士学位,但面临经济困难。
Though honored as a "living human treasure" and awarded an honorary doctorate, she faces financial hardship.
她的努力突出了当前为恢复在殖民统治下被压制的土著语言而进行的斗争。
Her efforts highlight the ongoing struggle to revive indigenous languages suppressed under colonial rule.