Click languages, considered among the oldest in the world, were once spoken in many regions of Africa. Today, N|uu is one the last remaining such languages. Only one native speaker exists, but there are efforts to teach it to the San children in a township in South Africa so that it will live on. Economist reporter Neil McQuillian from the Intelligence podcast explains.
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