Sisters save language in Kenya - 3rd February 2025
Every year, nine languages die. In Kenya, Africa, the Yaakunte language is dying. Not many people speak it. But in one village in Laikipia, two sisters are trying to save Yaakunte. They want to save their culture too.
The two sisters, Ann and Juliana Loshiro, learned Yaakunte from their grandfather. Juliana's a teacher. She teaches the language to young and old people.
Villagers stopped speaking Yaakunte over the last 70 years. Their tribe lived near the Maasai tribe. People from the two tribes often got married. So the Yaaku people stopped speaking their language.
In the past, the Yaaku people lived in the Mukogodo Forest. There, they hunted animals and found plants and honey. Now, the sisters are using the forest with their students. Today, you can walk in the forest and see words on the trees, in Yaakunte and English.
Saving the Yaakunte language and the culture is very important to the sisters.
Interactive Games
Comprehension
Answer questions about the news report. Select the correct answer from 4 options. There are 5 questions.
What's the word you hear?
Complete the sentences. Listen and write the missing word. There are up to 10 questions.
What's the phrase you hear?
Complete the sentences. Listen and write the missing phrase. There are up to 5 questions.
Sentence muddle
Read the sentences. Put them in the same order as the news report. There are 4 sentences.
No spaces in text
Read the sentences. Find the spaces between the words. There are up to 5 questions.
Put the sentence back together
Put the sentence parts in the correct order. Each sentence is in 4 pieces. There are up to 5 questions.
Construct sentences
Make sentences. Select each word in the correct order. There are up to 3 questions.
No capital letters
Read the sentences. Find the missing capital letters. There are 5 sentences.
Spelling jumble
The letters of one word are in the wrong order. Read the sentence. Spell the word correctly. There are up to 10 questions.
Missing vowels
Complete the sentences. Select the correct vowel for each space. There are up to 5 sentences.
Missing words
Complete the sentences. Select the correct word. There are up to 5 questions.
Adjectives
Read the sentence. Select the missing word. Check your answer.
Prepositions
Complete the sentences. Select the correct preposition. There are up to 5 questions.
Nouns
Complete the sentences. Select the correct noun. There are up to 5 questions.
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
France
Germany
Indonesia
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Nigeria
Poland
Spain
Turkey
United States
Uzbekistan
