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AP PHOTOS: Cyprus’ Maronites fight to stop their Cypriot Maronite Arabic from extinction
Only about 900 people in the world speak Cypriot Maronite Arabic. The offshoot of Syrian Arabic has been passed on orally ...
Only 900 speakers of the Sanna language remain. Now Cyprus' Maronites are mounting a comeback
The 97-year-old Skordis is one of only 900 people in the world who speak Cypriot Maronite Arabic, or Sanna. Today, his village of Kormakitis is the last bastion of a language once spoken by tens of ...