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342: 336: 24: 196:(better known by the name of the primary dialect, Nǀuu). In the 1990s there was concern amongst the ǂKhomani leadership about loss of the Nǁng language: many of those of the community who could speak a KhoeSan language actually spoke Nama. Linguist 201: 204:
became involved in the pursuit of information on the language and, with the help of Vaalbooi, they were able to trace a further ten people who could speak the language.
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Elsie Vaalbooi's work on the preservation of the Nǀuu language has been carried forward through a Nǀuu language school, initiated by
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In 1997 Elsie Vaalbooi assisted linguists and provincial officials in providing a motto for the
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interviewed Vaalbooi in 1997, when she was in her late nineties. The
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was a South African woman who was a member of the ǂKhomani (Nǁnǂe)
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Tongue-tied: The imminent death of a rich African language
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