because all the world we make the difference w call the world unpack pulse of your info is in all the input w story. now on to the we used to be forced to speak english, why we, we can from becky ground of speaking. so here we have been raised on imply healey. yeah, no, i've been told go stories and so he no longer reading it. and so he's been on longer writing your you, you lose your identity. we just allow her languages to die and we are in bracing languages with a not ours is the right language. it does not only embrace communication, but also shapes or identities. how is seeing how we perceive the world at 1st as the core of our existence? this is a highly personal motto, right?

and today we're taking a closer look at why that is named by the german. again. my name is 5 to illegal mendoza and welcome to the 7 to 7 bus and show a language is did you know that more than 2000 and separate and distinct languages spoken in one of africa? the largest 40 i've spoken by more than a 1000000 people. you might also be fascinated by people who speak multiple languages. the average person can learn 2 to 4 languages in their lifetime. so i can see that those are speak more to be extraordinary, pollock lots. i took, for instance, this major on multi lingual who taught himself 5 new languages in just 4. yes, mid amazing. it brought him a giant volume on the boys. that is the guy who is leave us process. he brought him learned arabic, french, german, portuguese, and spanish. all in the course of just 4 years on urine. me this long to do these

people that go wow under they'll like, i'll come. i was able to learn it that much to the, to, to pronounce it so well without i've been lived in, in the places where the languages are spoken. it's a very fair question. the trick abraham says is to start with a basic foundation of vocabulary and then to find the future of opportunities to practice. luckily, the cosmopolitan metropolis of lagos office. plenty of those today he brought, he is visiting his favorite lunch spot, running to buy french speaking playgrounds, from neighbor infiniti. also i was just doing uh, the nc most is you know, good wanted to live in a place where it's hard to find someone to practice your new language on. well, it just goes online and checks with his target language. so he learns his 1st words goes online and makes print world wide language. you have to make some commitment

which doesn't come cheap. i use along with this every other day at also on my job. i'm currently a translator translates english to. a spanish to lots of these, i'm from german to english also, but really that hard work you can build up in advertising before heading home. abraham stops off for a swamp at one of lagos as many 11 easy to read. oh, i like to set up. and the show which means is a come from being able to walk anywhere in the world and we've got a list of way of from that a 0 foot season daddy's depaula a long page. can you see that jerry alone has more than 500 indigenous languages? so why does abraham focus on learning foreign languages instead of local ones? some of you have also asked me to speak more local languages, not just english. i feel the language, it gives people

a sense of belonging to. so i asked my colleagues if they feel any pressure to learn additional languages, the local or foreign ones and how they cope with the so called colonial lingua franca. i'm guess why they are in fund they like to do with this, you know, the advocate department coming together as one big group and during lunch. do you feel any pleasure of speaking more look at language is i feel pressure because that my country is a very diverse country and i think in order to make, if you need to speak another person's language, i can barely speak gone. so every time you go somewhere, we expect you to be able to speak in the language. there's also a lingua franca, which is from a different parts of the country where everyone else speak this lingua franca, a local language so. so the limbo front gray is the chief, which is the language of the assigned to do you precise speaking, you're looking lingua franca to a foreign one. it's a, it's a tough guy said to welcome back to you. just think about sometimes we want to go to place because you know the language. maybe you want to buy something, but the price changes. so when you put all of these things together,

i just feel yes. the pressure could be there, but the spot beneficial. i think what about the pleasure of speaking more foreign language is, isn't it exhausting already to be able to have to speak more local language at then if it's exhausting, but i think it's important when you enroll me do what the romans do. but what about if you are in your own country and you have to speak in a foreign language, for example, it solves one problem and creates many other problems because she, which is the one guys from a different ethnic group. everyone knows it's like we want our language to also good that seem permanent, but if we all just speak english them, you can avoid that's conflicts. but it's nice to speak local languages suited because there's a lot of quotes are being lost now between the pressure of learning your local languages alone and foreign languages where those, the tension lie, they're not as readily available as learning german, for instance, where i can just download the link or something, you think it's a, it's an issue of uh, access as well. well, i don't know, it shouldn't be,

it definitely should not be if it is, then there's a big problem because we are just allowing our languages to die and to but we are in bracing languages that are not ours. and that would take us again to south africa. well, 11 languages have been recognized in their constitution as much of the language. you see that people have to speak english. they official language. how do you feel that the english is the main line? it's not, it's not really that big a deal. it's a, it's a good thing because it gets the message across easier. there's nothing wrong with it since the defense on childs and cultures. and so we understand each other to really speak english and other young people. they feel about the role of english interventions. i think they feel good, cuz even though our kids, we want them to speak age because that's the language that makes things easier even when you go abroad. okay, that's a pretty clear one. for these young south africans, english is a good thing. but let's take a closer look at this right door speaking english,

for example, always help bridge the language divide or does it separate us from our identity even more we put out a port on our socials. it was a pretty even split 52 percent of our respondents, one to colonial languages, published by 48 percent believe that they should stay of was english is an important language in international commerce education under digital fat. so is there a way to promote local languages? what also staying connected with the rest of the world? it is kemati on roberts, this tricky topic. you know, a strict debate intends on the, the hello and welcome back to the 77 percent. this week we are in one of my favorites, which is in africa, the rest along tons of media. now, did you know that the over a 100 languages spoken here and yet so he remains a national language. in fact, tons of media until recently was only one or 22 countries in africa to have that.

as of today we are asking why is it that we choose these impose languages when we have so many to choose from who but the 2 assets, then some fellow tons of ideas. and i just want to start to be a general question, right? how many of you speak more than 2 languages? who speaks at least 3 languages? at least really well, at least for ok. so let's start with you. the last man who is a student here in terms of the yeah, he's actually from a, from diana. so a club, so what languages do you speak? so i speak english now to say you alex s b. i kind of a cheat analysis, this house that you also see costa for language. and so how many languages do you speak? 2 languages, which ones are they in english? okay. so is it normal for most times and he has to be speaking at least more than 2 languages or guns before it doesn't is but i think, yeah, usually the standard 2 is usually disbanded, but most often it's one say,

can you tell me how he became so prevalent in this country historically, i think it's due to the just the history of so he, of the cost has been the place to bring people together persians or hands of the european. so. so healy was the only, literally the language abroad, these people together. so talk to me a little bit about how it is in terms of mia every, let me speak to you because you're a teach at a private school. the language of instruction is ideally supposed to be useful. healy until you gets to secondary school. am i right? i see that 2 options in the private sector. that is where english is mostly spoken as the medium of communication waiting the government's will. so here is mostly spoken as the medium of communication. so that gives a chance for most of them to keep running the language and gets used to eat and they grow with each. but when they reach 70, when they get they get to secondary. suppose that is when they sense using one language and that's his english as the meat of communication. isn't this difficult

to though? i mean to have that super high transition support? tell me about the experience. it's really difficult because know when a child is speaking my, the mother language associated and then that you, you, you being to use another language english. it's really hard for students to pop up with 2 languages. yes. so it's really has maria, i work in publishing. so we see a lot of people who are, i'm not degree this. so you have someone who's graduated. so college who really reads per year and in this is almost always attribute to the fact that they only have to learn english in the, in, in seconds. or they only have had to learn. so he in maybe only primary and then they have to abandon it. okay, so we're talking about a bundling the language and you have to be people who are pink top dollar to learn the language. lillian hayes from zimbabwe and she's doing how much does it so he so what got you thinking? this is a language i want to use even of the times and he has himself say,

who perhaps is not the best language of learning at the moment. what i would say for me, i, i, i so much you for you and he's getting more for me because like now what was, was setting to then it's use this to me especially to being forced to interest what he is one feeling with this is feeling excessive, that's why would they live in chinese chinese, you're teaching the humans yet teaching. what would that go for those languages? well, so you don't have anyone who's speaking, i can always say just uptick to go for q for heating, which is also a african language. that's an interesting word you've used, forced to learn. so like you need, do you think that we're forcing other africans to use the national the, the native languages. so healy has always been new. will africa, you know, it's links people together. i think what's happening right now, even with the say being the human language is a you and in the ac is that we understand that it links people has more than

a language as a culture. so being african people relate to. so the healey speaker is because you relate to the culture itself. well, just the language. so mario, we will you be honest with ourselves. yeah. if i'm to speak on this to be as a kind of kind of really want to make fun of tons of me is because of your proficiency of, of what you leave. i mean of english. we internalize the self hate so that so we judge people based on the ability to speak a board language. i would have to say, i instance any a when you speak english, when people look at you like you are intelligent and only 6. so here when you can speak english, there was look at you a jingle, how is and thinking there's a full is make your for because you don't know english. yeah. but i mean, this must not be good psychologically for anyone who's trying to learn the language, right. let me hear from you please. we used to be forced to speak english. yeah. of why we we can from becky ground, on speaking swahili,

we have seen raised in swahili. so you reach in secondary school and find yourself that you have to speak. you will really need to speak english as your 1st language . at the end of the day, you have to speak english for monday to do the evening. then you find yourself, you are hungry, you attack yet, and you are ending up hating these things school english. so i really like what you've said about it even makes you, you know, sort of don't want to learn english in a to a certain degree. yeah. but when we draw, so it can be, as you say, or when we don't see it as valuable, what do we lose as a society? we lose our stories. historically, we being started have been passed down to us by your oral traditions or like we have grandfather's grandmother sending us stories is what he did. but then you have someone who now has to abandon home to go to school where they're no longer being told those stories. are he no longer reading it is what he the no longer right jesus or he you, you,

you lose your identity. let me hear from you mean they love. i think it was a different with 2 quarter of the same lake right now. for example, the bullet, the you know, mary diary. yes. yes. to do that. and the bearing of the dates, those are the 2 culture things which i know right now. but, oh, other things which we that we do is big big. it is trust. okay, we don't to anything else? do you, do you lose your identity simply by learning another language or is it because because i mean, i speak multiple languages, right? i have not stopped being, i could call you or canyon or an african. well, the problem is that when you live along which, you know, sites, it's like the people who i was like when the problem comes. so when i speak english, i try to just like an english person, you know, 18, they can use this. it is, i have to leave all my cultures behind, but i think we need some practical step. yeah, i think, you know, they do well with all the speaking a mazda times, perhaps a lingua franca,

which is an african language, and then english. but that's not the reality today. so how do we shift this thinking? how do we get more people interested in african languages? more people speaking them writing and then seeing them doing debates in them with us? i agree that's a good from lots of oh, healing. let us draw up the ideas that we need to speak english looking like to intelligence and weltman. everything that has done that our so i think you've given us a really good answer because preserving language is, is resolving our selves who we are as ask because i sent any son says i'm the for more thing. oh language. this makes sense. now if you've watched a fantastic english movie, but still where instead of side with the intriguing images and riveting dramatic

scenes, what else do you need to be fully engrossed? could lopez for installation of the movie, the, the key in this next page that we discover how translators are bridging the language gap in the film industry for everyone to enjoy. have you ever wondered how people around the world can seem international? maybe in uganda, translators, like the jape on, bashed up the glorious with the position of the movie. you're putting yourself in position that you like giving a story to people in 11 months long because already the movies out in that it's like your language is, was the brothers really months language so that you give them a comprehensive approach to gosh, has been doubling movies and television obtainment for about 5 years beyond dialogue also helps to relate the scenes and characters to more local examples they've created between put in and movies and do this for is going to nickels people either love your movie or not. so the i told great to be to your pointing

and then moving, for example, um, making people life, making people in jail for the cause, the judge and the movie. listen to your advice and the movie also marked as tops movies and now growing in popularity, especially among people who don't understand the original foreign language. more people about paying to watch them in local sentiments like this one, some movies that a detective movies. at the moment, you have to be king. and you need to have the tries that it gives you the vibe. you feel what to why teen it's, it's very interesting for me. lot, while translated movies maybe and mom said not for everyone. some you gannons, especially english speakers, still prefer to watch the originals most of everywhere. yeah. let me call them, i like that where they are this,

they have said they're going to school. they prefer a non translated things and that's it. or you be depending on how the guy is going, is going to translate the movie for you and you end up missing out some, some very important information from what the actors are trying to give you who matches livelihood hands in the balance. authorities want to put a stop to his leg on the ground so that may violate intellectual property rights. for now, well, bush can only hope that his cross will be recognized for what it is making entertainments more accessible to a wide audience regardless of language or culture. from over just so i say that the power of language cannot be overstated. this fact isn't lost on this young point. it's in gonna, not key at 843 champion who was represented half country globally, is using how way with words to inspire young, environmental, active god. now, by the way, is grappling with severe before a station, especially around urban areas like a crop, according to the global forest support. gonna last 18000 hector's of primary,

far as colorado in 2022, a known spot can knock. you had helped me to give the state an impact by using just what we have to present ations of that we saw high. yeah. well, you know, i don't what the hello, my name is, i catch up on some. i love to do play tree and that is what i do in the longest pages of i have as la la life is 25 to which was the because i had limited tests, not see up to so i'm kind of and she's famous for addressing problems to portray, all right, you have to very young age of possible set to model. remember, i quite remember why she was to yes, 6 months and we've got a call from the school that's the one, had to have sites and proof for him for the anniversary because she was able to

memorize everything within that short period of time with 2 kids so for not so to continue help in my school is a very fun place to be. i don't have a few a subjects, but i'm try my possible best to by law school with my curry at info also gone to 16 regions. lucky i initiated a one todd one p project and college and children to plant a tree alongside her written work. but going from a town in the central region was does amazing green trust so nice. but then icons who are correct and i see less cheese, which i'm not so happy about. so i just wrote this book to inculcate, into the minds of as a young people to help them know the importance of trees, how good trees are to the environment. i also teach them how to plan some and let

them know about the different types of trees we have in the world. based on had numerous advocacy where she was selected by climate vulnerable for him. as yet the months acute and best of the to educate artist when the climate change, which led had to participate in the call between 7 in egypt in 2022. a change that comes of time in our life slow we. we realize us something being a trip to our existence and as human beings, we can sit down and see ourselves. why are we? why the tipping point of why is this thing lucky or takes to talk to live? should they poor treat using the one to one talk project us or response to the claimant's crisis thing, donna, africa, and beyond? why most of us use wars to inspire change and express ourselves. all of us use sign

language like rosen, she was born deaf, but a loan to communicate with her husband and children in a unique way. however, being unable to speak comes with a lot of challenges to. this is her story. rosalind oh, we know is a proud mother for yet when the yellow show she never hears them. in fact, rosalind, he was nothing. despite the noise in that ruby, the rosalind grew up in a death community in which even has its own sign language dialect. she met her husband julia as a door at the mosquito school for the day. one of the few education centers

available to canyon children with hearing difficulties. the couple of married in 2004. roslyn is professional taylor bell. julius is a carpenter for transitioning from the deaf community to ordinary society and i, ruby was rocky. these didn't get easier when rosalind and julia started a family there for children whose ages range from 15 to 3 months can all here, despite miss about definiteness being hereditary, they give them copious amounts of joy and even help the.

ready the early stages of parenting were tough, not hearing your children cry when hungry, for instance, with a couple of managed developing a special communication channel. now the battle is but the kids through school as job opportunities are scarce for deaf people in kenya, despite julius and rosalind qualifications. so they started a small grocery business according

to the 2010. can you disability survey? there were about 800000 desk people in kenya, but the state still has not provided structures or even policies to support people with hearing disabilities. meanwhile, roslyn and julia stride on their own in their quiet road, able to bring up their children against the arts. if anything they is the which it in humanity and we will always survive and 5. so our diversity did our deep dive when language is therapy, something for you check out also shows to keep the conversation going. how can we preserve our language? is i'm eager to hear your thoughts, but i am the show now with a song from sally equals a data on the new ari. thank you for watching the

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