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public_comment: ""They numbered some 50 individuals when first investigated in detail in 1971 and were then losing their language rapidly and becoming assimilated to the adjacent Maasai (Heine 1975)... Brenziger (1992) reports on a survey in 1989 which found that as few as ten speakers with some command of the language remained."",
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public_comment: ""There are only 10 Yaaku speakers left today who have some command of the language..."",
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date_of_info: "2005",
public_comment: ""In the 1980s there were approximately ten speakers left. When we carried out our survey in 2005 we met with three speakers who seemed to be confident about their competence in the language... All are nearing the age of about 100 years. In the generation below them there are some, not many, people who are able to speak some Yaaku, but not very naturally, and who can understand Yaaku... We have heard reports of other people who were not present during our stay or who live in a different part of Kenya who might still be able to speak Yaaku."",