ITbomb: If I didn't know how to speak my language I would have lost my pride.
Agwo Annang Ade Agwo Uko.

pansophist: As an Igbo man, I speak Igbo to a communicable extent, but not perfectly like I wanted. I usually mix it with English and can never speak it without mixing it with borrowed words from english. I speak yoruba too as the same degree I speak Igbo, but I speak English and Pidgin fluently.

johndwayy:
All these pattern of thoughts, asian culture indirect speech and the others you mentioned above, if not understood by your listener or audience, makes communication defeated. A particular language or dialect is only peculiar to the people of that race and not to everybody, for you to communicate and interact with people, you have to speak what they understand. Why didn't you post your comment in your native dialect, cos you know I might not understand it- that's what I'm saying.
Have you noticed that pidgin english has gained widespread popularity and relevance in nigeria? What do you think is the reason?

NaLaugh:

Referenced "Advantage" = Nepotism, Tribalism.

Ranchhoddas: is that kalabari?

Confirm

How you take know?

Titiluvly: NO

AgapeCharis: Hiiaaan!!
Irrua is the heart of Esan. They have the realest Esan language

Where did u grow up?

AgapeCharis: see dx man ooo
Y do u think Alex Ferguson handed man utd to Moyes?? Dey r from d same country

I am nt in support of tribalism bt I can't lie dt speaking one's dialect gives an advantage sometimes

Moreover,,, its fun

Itoroetti: my language my pride.
my name my identity.
if i dont speak my language,what else will i do?
the first thing u will notice about me is my passion for my people n culture.
ikpa udo,da ndo ata eyen akwa ibom.
nkemana do,mkpon do.
then amigh nde ata aju ekid.
afia anwe mme esit urua-ekid

NaLaugh:

Now ask yourself how much fun it would be if you attend a job interview, and are OBVIOUSLY by far the more qualified candidate.
However, you lose out to an unqualified semi-illiterate, simply because the hiring manager found out Mr. illiterate was from his neck of the woods.

This reference is not about the fun of speaking one's language, it is about undue favors to that regard.

NigellusHosan: I've got no regrets..
Doe 'm willing to learn..

Proud Native Speaker of English..
I've mastered the British Accent..

iwonbaoko: I doubt very much that you can speak even English very well judging from your lazy spelling.
The main beauty in Languages lie in artistic forms; verse,poetry song and performance. Proverbs and idioms are the substance of any language and are learnt by native speakers whether literate of not with little effort.

The kind of effort required to be an expert user of English is intense and unnatural for most Nigerians. Very few Nigerians master the English language enough to understand its subtleties nuances clangs puns etc and so the usage among Nigerians is often purely technical, limited to basic communication but artistic elements are totally lost on many. Another dimension is worship but that is a debate for another day. If you observe Nigerian children under the age of 10 they have an extremely limited English vocabulary and this of course would stem from their parents' limited vocabulary.
e.g ask any Nigerian child in this group to give synonyms at least 5 for ; food,eat,seat,house,shoes,shirt, and most would struggle just like many of their parents. English then acts to disenfranchise the thinking of a whole people who lose their own language without gaining English
How many new nursery rhymes,children's songs,stories etc are developed in Nigeria. Certainly our own children's stories always have an accompanying "soundtrack". And what about our drumming are we now to start drumming to English rhythms?
There are patterns of thought that are native to a particular language,idea forms that are native and cannot be translated satisfactorily. We see some of these in "Nigerian English" but then Nigerian English has not been standardized. Expressions like "fly wey no hear word na him dey follow dead body enter ground" or "use your teeth to count your tongue" have pure resonance in their native forms and are stilted and unnatural when rendered in English. In Nigeria and other Asian culture indirect speech i.e the use of idioms proverbs is considered a very high art in contrast to the "direct" approach of English. I think these all reflect the richness of the human mind in sharp contrast to the simpleness and poverty of a mind that produced your "offering" above

Soknown:

Pidgin English uuhn. Back then we use to call it broken English because it is actually broken( English punctuated by jargons and local languages). It is gaining popularity because our society is becoming more urbanized and Lazy ( bearing in mind that there is a basic human instinct to take the shorter route.) it is a failed acculturation and enculturation. Example two cultures meet suddenly and instead on assimilating the other, the two found a cheap albeit unstructured means of communication. Who is the loser , the society. That is why we fail to grab the full essence/usage of the English language and essence and richness of our local languages, hence some are going extinct.

Abajosax007: i can speak hausa to some extent(i stay in zaria), and also speak yoruba fluently, i speak english but i understand words in my dialet(owe) but i just cant speak them out...though i have improved. I am learning the language to teach my children also.

FrancisTony:

Ewww!

Smartsyn: No regrets, my dialect is choking anyway..


It's like speaking in tongues..

johndwayy:
pls wot is nw the importance of native languages? Do u knw hw many languages go extinct each day? If I'm an ibo man staying in the north, wot is nw the importnce of learning my native dialect wen I can't use it to communicate with the people around? Nigerians re too tribalistic, until we realize this, no progress.

AgapeCharis:

justi4jesu:

Confirm

How you take know?

iwonbaoko: Well only the deep can call to the deep.Pearls are nothing but swill for swine

MissGdope:
lol am i correct?