In Turkey, Laz is an ancient tongue that bears no resemblance to any other language in the region.
Ever since scholars rediscovered the language in the 1980s, there has been a determined effort to save it.
But as Al Jazeera's Anita McNaught reports, success is far from guaranteed.
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