New delhi date. 04 October 2020, Sunday
More than 6,900 languages are spoken worldwide. How many of them are languages that are thousands of years old. Then there are some languages that are coming to an end very soon. Because only a few thousand speakers of these languages have survived. Something like this is just a language. This native language of an Argentine island is now almost extinct.
The shocking thing about the Yaghan language is that the only person alive who speaks this language is a woman. It is worth mentioning that the Yaghan language was spoken by the tribal people living on the island of Tierra del Fuego between Argentina and Chile. This language is considered to be similar to Sanskrit. However, there is only one older woman who speaks this language.
The Yaghan-speaking woman's name is Christina Calderon. The locals call Christina Abuila. Abuilla is a Spanish word meaning grandmother. The rest of Cristina's family members speak languages like Spanish or English. However, many members of the family understand the language but cannot speak it.
Christina has also been honored several times for the survival of the Yaghan language. In 2009, the Chilean government awarded him the title of Living Human Treasure. This title is given to those who have played an important role in preserving the culture.
It is worth mentioning that Yaghan was not only a language but also the name of a Banjara society, which spread from South America to Chile and Argentina. The Portuguese first learned of the clan in 1520, and today Christina is campaigning to keep the Yaghan language alive with government help. Christina works to teach this language to young children in a school in Argentina.
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