Tevfik_Esenç_Gravestone.jpg


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English: The gravestone of Tevfik Esenç, the last fluent heritage speaker of Ubykh, in the village cemetery of Hacıosman, Manyas, Turkey. He himself composed his epitaph:

Vubıh dilini ölümsüzleştiren, bu dili yazıp konuşabilen son Vubıh.

"The last Ubykh able to write and speak the Ubykh language, [and] who immortalised this language."
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Author Rhona Fenwick
Camera location 39° 59′ 38.04″ N, 27° 48′ 55.08″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap. View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap info

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Gravestone of Tevfik Esenç, the last fluent heritage speaker of Ubykh

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39°59'38.0"N, 27°48'55.1"E

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