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myads890: Personally, I feel we should outgrow our sentiments. Our different languages and cultures have really separated/divided us and this is one of the reason's we should create a suitable set of laws, language and system that will be beneficial for all of us and encourage us to be more nationalistic as opposed to being tribalistic

pansophist:

And the answer is replacing it with English language that will gradually lead to the extinction of all our native language right? do you know Nigeria is not the only country with many languages? Indonesia has far more language than Nigeria and their official language is not Dutch even though they are formally a Dutch colony. To further address your point, I will use Indonesia as a example.

Over 350 languages and dialects are spoken throughout the archipelago,' and Sukarno realized that his country needed a common vocabulary in order to unite people from the many islands and cultures . He recruited an international team of linguists, and Bahasa Indonesia was the highly successful result . Based on Malay, it avoid so many of the tense changes, irregular verbs, and other complications that characterize most languages . By the early 1970s, the majority o f Indonesians spoke it, although they continued to rely on Javanese and other local dialects within their own communities.

AfricanApple:
its becos of pple like u dat good post don't enter front page. wet in be d price of d FTC sef

MoneyGreen:
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AfricanApple:
a beautiful brilliant intelligent Lady named African apple

aspirebig:
It is a bad trend, most modern days couples cannot even speak their languages, so now will their children learn it ? Most people prefer speaking English to their native language. It in the next 100yrs, some languages will be history as they would have gone into extinction.

Mods FP tins pls....

dekung:
Funny how we have sold out ourselves into slavery such that we willingly abandoned our own Languages and names. Today you hear people call their children Jewish, British and American names so that they may just feel and cool. When I was christening my last child I gave him one of our Local Yoruba names, Alabi and guess what? The pastor who came to conduct the ceremony frowned at it because, even though he himself is a Yoruba man he doesn't know the meaning of Alabi. However, when I told him Another name, Daniel, he accepted without question. Thankfully I am a core Yoruba man and I will not trade my heritage, thus all my children are addressed by their Yoruba names and they speak and understand the language even though they are still very young. I once went for a birthday party and I was talking with my five year old son in Yoruba, and a lady asked "does he understand what you are telling him?" I said yes, why not? My son speaks good English with good diction and he also speaks Yoruba. Infact if anyone acts surprised he tells them he is a Yoruba boy.

myads890:
There is no where in my post where I suggested English to be our common language. However, whether you like it or not that's probably going to the case judging by the profeciency of your write up and also by the fact that among the youths being hip is speaking fluent English.

Either way, we have a problem and we need a solution. If English will solve out problem so be it and if our leaders can be smart enough to replicate your Indonesian story(which I doubt) then so be it. At the end of the day we need to move forward and our culture and beliefs are not helping. If we truly want ONE Nigeria then we all have to make sacrifices

Fulaman198:
Being modernised has nothing to do with not speaking your tongue. If you can not speak your native tongue then you are a disgrace. Being modernised means that you know how to utilise technology for the amelioration or the benefit of a group of people. The Japanese are speaking their language, the Chinese have held onto their language, the Indians have held onto their various languages.

Selling out your language or your culture does not mean you are modernised, it just means you are a total sellout. It means that you don't appreciate who you are as a human being.

dahonestboss:


Even in AU (African Union), the official language are Arab, Portuges, French and English. Compare that to EU and you will wonder if African leaders are truly for the interest of Africans

dahonestboss:

Of course that will be the case especially with a country filled with peeps like you who sees nothing wrong with that. The youth are just victim of the society they grew up in. Since there were born, speaking English has been the ''in'' thing. They have been brainwashed into perceiving English language as superior and posh, I blame the leaders for deamining their native language. You need to go to other country that uphold their true value and culture, and you will know how a healthy society should be.

Besides, English can never be a solution, it is more of a damage instead. You are really ignorant and a true sell out. Go to England and tell them to replace their language with yoruba, and you'll realize how idiotic that sounds.