×
App Icon
The Standard e-Paper
Home To Bold Columnists
★★★★ - on Play Store
Download Now

Dying Kenyan languages take culture, history to the grave

El-molo community.

By BEATRICE WAMUYU

Kenya has 68 languages, according to Ethnologue, a research project that has documented and catalogued world languages since 1951.Of these, Singa, which was spoken on Rusinga Island, is listed as extinct. This means no one speaks it today.

Get Full Access for Ksh299/Week
Uncover the stories others won’t tell. Subscribe now for exclusive access
  • Unlimited access to all premium content
  • Uninterrupted ad-free browsing experience
  • Mobile-optimized reading experience
  • Weekly Newsletters
  • MPesa, Airtel Money and Cards accepted
Already a subscriber? Log in