An Ancient Language Might Die Because the Only Two People Who Still Speak It Refuse To Speak To Each Other

So NO ONE is conversing in Ayapaneco, because these two guys just won't talk.

The two men are 75-year-old Manuel Segovia and 69-year-old Isidro Velazquez. They live less than a mile apart.

And according to a linguistic anthropologist from Indiana University who's been meeting with them, quote, "they have never really enjoyed each other's company."

They also won't teach anyone new the language.  Manuel has tried in the past but apparently he's, quote, "a little prickly" and gets frustrated when people don't pick things up quickly.

And Isidro doesn't like to leave his house and doesn't want to bother teaching anyone.

Linguists are trying to compile a record of Ayapaneco while both of these guys are still alive..but since they're making it so incredibly difficult, it looks like their feud and their general stubbornness could kill off their language.

(The Guardian)