₦airaland Forum

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Yewandequeen:
stop it. Don't start unnecessary tribal drama

You are beautiful

Damiriel:
Don jazi you be mumu

An anambra girl won this competition last year you never publicized her.. Now an afonja is winning it and you are dancing ...

Another of this kind of behavior and you Will be ostracized from the land of the rising sun..

It's obvious you have a problem

Shalommy:
Now that we know, thank u.

Dis your profile picture ehn.... Odikwa risky o

Which husband?

So she's married?

Still available

Sad

Okay

Sounds nice

Okay o

Nice work

Mikester:
[color=navy]There could be a lot of reasons for that perhaps

- Less love for the local languages
- Western influences
- Resentment
- Hardship and severe poverty

But for what I believe, our local languages affect our English pronunciation and grammar. It doesn't really make much sense for a school to teach funetics, yoruba/hausa/igbo and still teach diction, phonics and spellings, even French.

The children will find it difficult to pronounce words correctly and lose interest in them eventually.

Personally, I don't have much love for these local languages because conversing with them makes me act and feel different in a way I don't like. Believe me, conversing in a different language makes one feel a personality change at that moment he is communicating.

I hate being a Nigerian in the first place speak less of loving it's languages. That's my personality and I hate to pretend.

Moreover, from my perspective, these languages have done more harm than good to our dear society and country at large. Veritably, tribalism and racism will never end due to the propagation of these languages and culture likewise.

I'm[b] in full support for the total eradication of these cultures and languages and I don't give a damn what people think about my stance. Thumbs up to the school. [/b][/color]

Your case is indeed special.

I honestly do not agree.

But it's your opinion at the end of the day.

Invest in the short let Apartment business.

It's a relatively untapped segment of the real estate market

Mikester:
[color=navy] There could be a lot of reasons for that perhaps

- Less love for the local languages
- Western influences
- Resentment
- Hardship and severe poverty

But for what I believe, our local languages affect our English pronunciation and grammar. It doesn't really make much sense for a school to teach funetics, yoruba/hausa/igbo and still teach diction, phonics and spellings, even French.

The children will find it difficult to pronounce words correctly and lose interest in them eventually. My opinion though. [/color]

I disagree with your submission. Research has shown that children have the ability to learn and speak up to 3 different languages at the same time without any problem.

Our dducated Parents and fore fathers back then could speak queen's english and the local languages effectively.

Names like: Ojukwu, Tafawa Balewa, Ahmadu Bello, Chinua Achebe, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Bola Ige and many more.

Note: the names listed are popular names. I believe we all can verify how these men could effectively switch from Queens English to the local language.

RisenPhoenix1:
The local languages are dying out. It's inevitable. Before the end of this century, only a few widely spoken languages will still be used worldwide.

English; widespread use over the whole world and the internet.

Mandarin; due to probable future Chinese expansionism.

Spanish; widespread use over three continents

Arabic; widespread use over two continents and groups in other continents with religious significance.

Hindi; religious significance.

Hebrew; religious significance.

French; widespread use over two continents.

Portuguese; widespread use over three continents.

The latter two may disappear eventually as English or Mandarin Chinese replaces them. Languages with religious significance like Arabic, Hindi, and Hebrew may also disappear as atheism continues to rise globally. The others will not survive except as curiosities (like Latin or Sanskrit). The extinction can only be delayed for a while but not stopped. The local languages have already served their purpose. Now the globe is a single village.

This is serious o.

duro4chang:
Yes now. Afterall you people prefer everything America. Anything we have here is not good. African food no, African dress no, African language no. In one hundred years' time you will see what will happen.

Kindly be more explicit. What do you mean by you people? Are you referring to Nigerians in general?

Are you a foreigner?

What will happen in one hundred years time?

LadySarah:
My kids school teaches Igbo language and in fact they recite the States anthem in Igbo everyday.The state govt made it compulsory for all schools whether public or private.

If the school doesn't then teach them by yourself.Mine are fluent in English and Igbo,bear only their Igbo names and allowed to only communicate in Igbo at home.We feign deafness even to my 18mth old when they forget themselves.

It is gross foolishness and neo colonial mentality coupled with oversabi that is worrying so many of us.

If I may ask what state do you reside?

I'm in Lagos. Maybe the Lagos state ministry of education should borrow a thing or two from your state.

What's the average cost for a room?

I have observed a trend in our society.

I discovered that children these days do not speak their local dialect. Especially the children who have access to good education and most likely have educated parents.

There's a private nursery and primary school beside my house and I have been working from home lately.

The children learn to speak French. They obviously speak good English as well.

However the school does not teach the children any Nigerian indigenous language.

Sometimes the children even sing French songs and nursery rhymes. However I've never heard them speak a Nigerian language or sing in Yoruba or Igbo. A good number of the children are Yorubas from my observation. They are not foreigners.

80% of the children can not speak their local dialect.

I also have nephews and nieces that belong to this category.

I'm a strong advocate of being multilingual.

However I find it strange that Yoruba children can not speak Yoruba language and the schools also encourage this habit.


Parents, teachers and guardians in this house I'm officially confused at this point.

Maybe someone should explain to me.

Sad

Okay

To be honest NIN is not a priority at this point in Nigeria.

Another white elephant project

Awoleesu:
Ahhhh! Kilodeee?! "20 times..." Bii ti bawo?! Pls check facts and save us the hyperbole!
I appreciate Canada is bigger than Nigeria, but certainly not in the hemisphere of 20x...
By rough guess, if Nigeria is estimated the size of at least the midsive province in Canada (say SK), then with 13 provinces/territories, Canada can only be between 10-12.5 times bigger than Naija. Look it up!


BTW, tell us; was your friend in the snow bank found alive or frozen?

Canada is 10 times bigger than Nigeria.

Not 20 times.

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