Indigenous or English?

Many African young people no longer speak their parents' original language, and many African languages ​​gradually disappear or are being replaced by English or other European languages. Do you think we need to maintain our own language, or we should advertise English separately. Please tell me what you think about this problem, the advantages of the choice you make and the disadvantages of the choice you refuse. In Africa, the language defines our existence Today there are more than 1,400 languages, most of which are extinct.

A few speakers speaking a language are not necessarily the result of a decline in usage. Indigenous people speaking the language are said to be more connected with speakers of other native language, English and Creole. They are exposed to English through educational systems and media. In this case it is more difficult to maintain the language of a few speakers 82.2.128 The 2005 NILS report used the UNESCO index to assess the state of the language. One side of the indicator focuses on intergenerational language communication, the second aspect of the indicator focuses on the absolute number of speakers, and the third aspect of the indicators focus on the proportion of speakers. The results of the 2005 NILS report highlight the dramatic decrease in the number of language speakers.

Chapter 6 AIATSIS and FATSILC of the NILS 2005 report, "National Indigenous Language Survey Report 2005", p. 68

On the Caribbean coast, please use your native language, English-based Creole, Spanish. The Miskito language is used as the first language by Miskito but other indigenous peoples and descendants of Africa are used as the second, third or fourth language and the most commonly used ones is. The unique Mispalan language of Mayanna and Uruwa is used by each person of the same name. Many Miskito, Mayana and Urwa also speak Miskito Coast Creole, but most of them speak Spanish. Thirty thousand Rama people can fluently speak their Chibchan language Most Rama says Rama Cay Creole, and most people speak Spanish. In the past 30 years, linguists have tried to record and activate this language.