Times are changing, many are leaving the village lifestyle to the cities. One has to ask, do my kids still need to learn my language? If they don't, is it as shameful as before?. I have many friends who insist that they wouldn't teach their kids Nigeria language rather use that time to teach them any of French, protugese, Spanish so they can't fit very well in several parts of the world.
Would you or would you not with reasons please.

Why do Nigerians have such low self esteem?

Why won't I? Still mad at my father for not teaching me his own, at least I still understand the basic of mum's. And with the little I know, I'll pass it on.

My children has to learn my dialect before any other slave language

Kowor:
Why won't I? Still mad at my father for not teaching me his own, at least I still understand the basic of mum's. And with the little I know, I'll pass it on.

so, you are a product of inter-tribal marriage? Nice, you can still learn your father's language and know it well, not late.

dayo2me:
so, you are a product of inter-tribal marriage? Nice, you can still learn your father's language and know it well, not late.

Yes, I can still learn it. But language learning is perfected when practiced.

Orisirisi

So wetin make I tish am?

The fact that this is even considered a question baffles me. I often hear parents say that learning one's tribal language has negative consequences for the person's spoken or written English.

This is a fallacy of the highest order. Wole Soyinka writes beautifully in English but if you read his Yoruba works, you'd fall in love with the language all over again. I have read Chimamanda too and her strong grasp of Igbo is very obvious in the way she writes. I think that what most parents are trying to hide is the fact that they don't buy books for their wards or encourage them to read!

I never called my father "dad, daddy or father". I called him "Baba Mi" till he died. At home, we rarely spoke English; strictly Yoruba. But I can boldly say I have never failed an English Language or Literature exam. In fact, I rarely studied or prepared for them.

This is because my father made sure I started reading Shakespeare and Dickens since Primary School. By the time I was in Primary 6, he introduced me to D.O. Fagunwa and other Yoruba authors. Today, I am proud to say that I read, speak and write Yoruba and English very well.

Finally, please note "The history, culture and societal values of a group of people is in their language. Kill or erase the language, and the people would soon lose their sense of identity."

Dyt:
Orisirisi

So wetin make I tish am?

why the orisirisi shit? Why insults? Nigerians be behaving like dogs.

FortuneTeller:
Why do Nigerians have such low self esteem?

. How is this low self esteem? Teaching a child a language that wouldn't benefit him in the world? Go back to your village and speak your high self esteem. Let's see if your language would give you a job, and food to eat.
Your type would runnnn away from majoring in Igbo/yoruba or any nigerian language in the university.

beardlessdude:
why the orisirisi shit? Why insults? Nigerians be behaving like dogs.

You want attention from me right?

Dyt:


You want attention from me right?

what would i use your attention to do ma? Nothing!
Would it credit my bank account? No,
I'm not one of those dudes chasing pink "f"s all around nairaland. I stated the obvious. Answers question like a human being.

beardlessdude:
. How is this low self esteem? Teaching a child a language that wouldn't benefit him in the world? Go back to your village and speak your high self esteem. Let's see if your language would give you a job, and food to eat.
Your type would runnnn away from majoring in Igbo/yoruba or any nigerian language in the university.

You are a sad cause. Your ignorance is astounding. I truly do pity you.

FortuneTeller:


You are a sad cause. Your ignorance is astounding. I truly do pity you.

go back to your village and speak Igbo, nneka. My children won't speak any Nigeria zoo language. Call it low self esteem, that's your problem. The country us deteriorated enough to make all citizens ashamed.

beardlessdude:
go back to your village and speak Igbo, nneka. My children won't speak any Nigeria zoo language. Call it low self esteem, that's your problem. The country us deteriorated enough to make all citizens ashamed.

My dear I don't live in Nigeria. You have been so beaten down with poverty and low self esteem that you don't have any appreciation for yourself. You are a slave and you don't even realize it.

FortuneTeller:


My dear I don't live in Nigeria. You have been so beaten down with poverty and low self esteem that you don't have any appreciation for yourself. You are a slave and you don't even realize it.

neither do I live in Nigeria

beardlessdude:
neither do I live in Nigeria

beardlessdude:
Biko oo, my brother is in the north and it's obvious that the arbokis have gone haywire. Should i call him back?

Liar. Get help for your low self esteem.

FortuneTeller:





Liar. Get help for your low self esteem.

you couldn't get the sarcasm right? Bitch.
One local Yoruba girl in ekiti claiming "I don't live in Nigeria"

beardlessdude:
you couldn't get the sarcasm right? Bitch.
One local Yoruba girl in ekiti claiming "I don't live in Nigeria"

See what low self-esteem has done to you. Now I have shown you are also a liar. You should run away in shame. Please don't have children. Let your ignorance die with you.

FortuneTeller:


See what low self-esteem has done to you. Now I have shown you are also a liar. You should run away in shame. Please don't have children. Let your ignorance die with you.

go back to your village, I repeat.

beardlessdude:
go back to your village, I repeat.

Give it a rest.

It is quite obvious from your posts that you reeks of low self esteem.

SirVintageCock:
Give it a rest.

It is quite obvious from your posts that you reeks of low self esteem.

ok cock

beardlessdude:
ok cock

you are welcome

.....And what will they lose if they know it and choose not to use it?

A wise old woman once said to me that there are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these she said is roots, the other, wings. Roots to know where home is...we want our sons’ roots to go deep into the soil beneath them and into the past, not in arrogance but in confidence. and wings to fly off,explore the world and practice what has been taught them........

beardlessdude:
. How is this low self esteem? Teaching a child a language that wouldn't benefit him in the world? Go back to your village and speak your high self esteem. Let's see if your language would give you a job, and food to eat.
Your type would runnnn away from majoring in Igbo/yoruba or any nigerian language in the university.

Children can comfortably grasp as much as 6 languages at the same time.
You'll be shortchanging your child If you deprive him of your language. It doesn't stop him from learning ofhers, and there's no disadvantage at all.
Nothing stops a child from learning French, Arabic, Spanish, Russian together with English and your native language. You just have to spend more money enrolling the child in the schools for all these languages except the English and your native language which the child picks up freely from home and school.

FortuneTeller:
Why do Nigerians have such low self esteem?

My fellow Igbos especially

eyinjuege:

Children can comfortably grasp as much as 6 languages at the same time.
You'll be shortchanging your child If you deprive him of your language. It doesn't stop him from learning ofhers, and there's no disadvantage at all.
Nothing stops a child from learning French, Arabic, Spanish, Russian together with English and your native language. You just have to spend more money enrolling the child in the schools for all these languages except the English and your native language which the child picks up freely from home and school.

my personal decision tho. My kids won't learn any naija language. E dey spoil accent abeg.

beardlessdude:
my personal decision tho. My kids won't learn any naija language. E dey spoil accent abeg.

If your children live in Nigeria, and you also have an accent (I'm sure you do, provided you were not born and bred abroad, or lived there for a very long time), they will definitely pick up your accent even if you don't expose them to others.
They will go to school, mix with others socially.
Have you ever seen any Nigerian without an accent? Hardly. (You may feel they dont have, but an English man will tell you they have)
Even your Nollywood actors that try so hard still have an accent.
Even those who have a perfect command of the English language still have an accent.. Even though the likes of Wole Soyinka, Chimamanda who are good in English language have their own accents that are not exactly British and American. Even British people have their own accents. Americans also have accents. Depending on which parts of their countries they are from.
The oyibo people themselves understand this and are not bothered. They definitely wouldn't see any African accent as local, since they don't know the difference between the way an Oyo man/ondo man/Hausa man/Igbo man etc speak. Even amongst Hausa, they have their accents, Igbo people also have different accents depending on the area they are from.
Even the French have an accent when they speak English, spanish/polish.
Everyone has an accent Mr man.

durentchigozie:
Times are changing, many are leaving the village lifestyle to the cities. One has to ask, do my kids still need to learn my language? If they don't, is it as shameful as before?. I have many friends who insist that they wouldn't teach their kids Nigeria language rather use that time to teach them any of French, protugese, Spanish so they can't fit very well in several parts of the world.
Would you or would you not with reasons please.

Definitely.

Your language partly defines who you are.

Be proud of your origins.

eyinjuege:


If your children live in Nigeria, and you also have an accent (I'm sure you do, provided you were not born and bred abroad, or lived there for a very long time), they will definitely pick up your accent even if you don't expose them to others.
They will go to school, mix with others socially.
Have you ever seen any Nigerian without an accent? Hardly. (You may feel they dont have, but an English man will tell you they have)
Even your Nollywood actors that try so hard still have an accent.
Even those who have a perfect command of the English language still have an accent.. Even though the likes of Woke Soyinla, Chimamanda who are good in English language have their own accents that are not exactly British and American. Even British people have their own accents. Americans also have accents. Depending on which parts of their countries they are from.
The oyibo people themselves understand this and are not bothered. They definitely wouldn't see any African accent as local, since they don't know the difference between the way an Oyo man/ondo man/Hausa man/Igbo man etc speak. Even amongst Hausa, they have their accents, Igbo people also have different accents depending on the area they are from.
Even the French have an accent when they speak English, spanish/polish.
Everyone has an accent Mr man.

you know the nigeria accent I'm talking about sir. Don't confuse me. Everyone has accent but what the hell is: I'm going to my ouse, one tasan, mally me, lun away, old me tight.
I never said anything is wrong with those accent I listed but i dont like them and my kids definitely won't speak like that. And to avoid that, English first before any other.
It's my personal choice

beardlessdude:
you know the nigeria accent I'm talking about sir. Don't confuse me. Everyone has accent but what the hell is: I'm going to my ouse, one tasan, mally me, lun away, old me tight.
I never said anything is wrong with those accent I listed but i dont like them and my kids definitely won't speak like that. And to avoid that, English first before any other.
It's my personal choice

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