Wichita – a dying native language

Doris McLemore, 83, is the last fluent speaker of a dying native American language.

Wichita

There are more than 7,000 languages currently spoken in the world but many are not recorded and do not have a written form.

Unesco warns that by the end of this century, more than half of these are likely to disappear.

One of those dying languages is Wichita – a native American tongue.

Doris McLemore, 83, is the last fluent speaker of Wichita.

Al Jazeera’s Rob Reynolds travelled to Taah-leqwah in Oklahoma to meet her.

Source: Al Jazeera