GodMode:


Ori e ti fo.

cap28:
OP thanks for bringing up a discussion on this great topic.

This issue along with other issues was discussed by a Nigerian academic here



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEs-fEQ_wn4



who concluded that African children are being educated to feel inferior to other races. Refusing to teach Africans in their native language is the major reason why African languages are dying.
According greater status to the language of your slave master than your own native language is a clear cut sign that you feel inferior to other races and majority of Nigerians believe that their native language is inferior to the language of their slave master.
Also African culture is dying courtesy of our media which continues to allow western culture to infiltrate and overtake our own culture. Many Nigerians worship anything that comes from the west and despise their own culture, if we do not reverse this situation our languages and culture will be dead by the next century.

kennygee:
9. We don't value our tribal names anymore.

Instead, we settle for Shantel, Andre, Mason, Cameron and Olivia.

I'm not saying we shouldn't have English names, but our native names should be first then English name should be Secondary or even Eliminated sef.

GIYAZZ:

2.Some parents ban their children from using their
mother tongue at home even though both parents
speak the same language.


This is the worst, parents should STOP doing this! It's very harmful.

Divepen:

True talk boss..
In fact, when they arrive, they would become useless to the community and would blame the country for their uselessness

musicwriter:


That lecturer is absolutely correct!. But, not only will our languages go into extiction, Africa risks being re-colonized in the next 100 years, if something is not done now to reverse this urgly trend. I told someone here already.

Ajibel:


Skente re mun ta re ke!!!

You see why Eng is ferry imporrant

asuustrike2009:

How many can you pronounce forgetting the fact that we are multi lingua. Do you think india's were fools when they choose one language and made it compulsor inspite of their multi languagesy? A country like Nigeria speaking about 350 languages and you expect our local one to stay. Do you think the government was foolish to make English oiur lingua franca.

cap28:


Africa has already been re-colonised - read up about USAFRICOM

SkinnyDude:

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kennygee:
9. We don't value our tribal names anymore.

Instead, we settle for Shantel, Andre, Mason, Cameron and Olivia.

I'm not saying we shouldn't have English names, but our native names should be first then English name should be Secondary or even Eliminated sef.

the Kenny in yur moniker, mbok what Nigerian tribe does it belong to

RichDad1:
Op, I share your sentiment, but unfortunately, that is one of the price of Evolution.
It will interest you to know that the USA was not originally an All English speaking country, They have local and indigenous languages and applies to the UK. Infact, up till today, there're still people speaking indigenous languages in Wales and Scotland - alas, a few of them.
And since we are modeling our country towards this DEVELOPED nations, this is the price to pay.

aurenflani:


This does not apply to Hausa speaking people.

KazukiIto:


That's because it is niqqah! Wole Soyinka didn't win a Nobel with pej. Our languages are inferior. Ur post is clearly written in English abi?

cap28:


No, you are inferior because you look down on yourself, your culture and your language.

What is the big deal about the NObel prize, does it put food on your table?

How many white people read Wole Soyinka's books? Come to think of it how many Nigerians read and understand Wole Soyinka's books?

My post is written in English not because I love to speak the language but because I am a victim of colonialism.

If I had my way English language would be banned in Nigeria and I would overhaul the educational system so that the young ones coming up would start learning to develop pride in being African.

korexdodo:
It is good for nigerian languages to die, because language is the main cause of our problems as a nation.
True it is a heritage from our fathers, but it only butreses our differences as anation and tends to divide us and make us see each other as different from us.
It was the cause of the civil war,cos if Ironsi had been overthrown by another Ibo man their would have been no war,but being overthrown by the hausas, the Ibos saw them as different from themselves.
Lets copy the Americans, they are from all corners of the earth with different languages, but chose to speak only 1 language ,which is English.
Thats why Americans unit more than other countries in the world.

AreaFada2:
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Na wa o, ban native language at home?

That na madness na.

Ishilove:

Siddon there. I have a student I teach who told me her father banned her and siblings from speaking their native language(Yoruba) at home. At the age of almost 14 the girl doesn't speak a word of Yoruba, but ironically both parents speak it to each other.

Fulaman198:


Yah that sounds like a major inferiority complex. I'm not going to say anything mean, I'll keep my sentiments to myself about her parents.

Fulaman198:


I really like this, I'm very proud of you my brother. I think Senegal is doing it the right way. They are starting to ban French in favour of Wolof even though they are also a multi-ethnic nation. They are proud to be Africans, not wannabes

reaky:




Hahaha not oghenereaky oo
D name is rekpene
D tribe is bahumono
Abi LGA cross river state

Divepen:

Although lecturers and student of the linguistics department are trying hard to make sure our languages does not die, it is up to you to keep our 527+ languages from dying out completely and being replaced by a foreign language: English.

jonezz:
What can we do?Since every gadget are been Made by these English people we just have to follow follow.

mhyra:
I Don't fully understand my language.. and I wish my children would understand it like xoxo... how can that be possible.. please advice.. no ofiennce

donmalcolm21:
Nigerians view anybody that doesnt speak English as inferior, we blame Pej as if English should be a pre requisite for any communication. In my University days the best student wasnt able to express himself very well but he knew the right formular for every equation. Speaking our own language should be inculcated into our wards before we lost our future to western culture and language.

starlingleanets:
It no easy na to combine dad's dialect,mum dialect's and come top am with Tribal dialect. You see i give up on speaking my dad's dialect nd remain content on my english language as a matter of fact i gave up on Yoruba. When u look at a d negative effect of those dialect u will join my group; There is this beautiful Lady,so endowed then in our computer centre,she got addicted to dialect that she cannot say "How are you doing" without skipping like crack CD despite she schooled in a private school.

If there is need to speak my dialect i will do so but if talking to people i had use my english supplied with small high vocal.

KazukiIto:


That's because it is niqqah! Wole Soyinka didn't win a Nobel with pej. Our languages are inferior. Ur post is clearly written in English abi?

macof:


Doesn't matter...surely speaking multiple languages affects each other in proficiency nd ur common accent but ur father's language is first.
It's totally disgusting nt to speak ur the language of ur ethnicity

kennygee:
9. We don't value our tribal names anymore.

Instead, we settle for Shantel, Andre, Mason, Cameron and Olivia.

I'm not saying we shouldn't have English names, but our native names should be first then English name should be Secondary or even Eliminated sef.

Ishilove:

Lol. I share your sentiments.

They all bear Hebrew and English names. Her middle name Oyin, which means 'Honey' in Yoruba is used by her mum secretly. Her dad doesn't know she uses Oyin.