Tevfik Esenç & Ubykh: cenaze – begrafenis – begravelse – funeral

12/11/201912/11/2019 by Peter Bakker

TÜRKÇE: Ünlü Kafkas Ubihca dilinin son abidelerinden (konuSan) olan Tevfik Esenç, 7 Ekim 1992 hayatini kaybetti ve son yolculuğuna uğurlandi. Sadece danimarkali Ole Stig Andersen son fotoğraflari Cekebildi. Bu kendince bir ilk ve Tevfik Esenc kendisiyle beraber ünlü Ubihca dilinin ( kendine özgü 80 ünsüz sesli olan Ubihca) sonsuza veda … ↪

The funeral of a language: The burial of Tevfik Esenç and the Ubykh language

12/11/201912/11/2019 by Peter Bakker

In June 2018, I (Peter Bakker) interviewed Ole Stig Andersen about the day he attended the funeral of Tevfik Esenç, the last man to allegedly speak the Ubykh language. It was October 7, 1992, 26 years earlier, that the funeral had taken place. In fact, Ole Stig Andersen had wanted … ↪