Somali Language Fading Away

[Invader]

The language spoken by our families for genarations will vanish in the west this is shown as kids use less somali vocab like hoyoo,abo,bariis,baasto and moos it's shocking that instead of learning our language we learn cadaan languagenowadays

 

[Bentley]

There is a price to pay if you refuge in someone else’s country

 

[Invader]

There is a price to pay if you refuge in someone else’s country

that's the best quote i ever got well played

 

[munira]

It’s time to repatriate back

 

[Yaquub]

Not really. My cousin knows somali and i don't. It's just that my mother never taught me and i never urged her to and now i regret it but am starting to learn it.

 

[Invader]

Not really. My cousin knows somali and i don't. It's just that my mother never taught me and i never urged her to and now i regret it but am starting to learn it.

i understand wallahi this is my concern but inshallah you will learn somali ameen

 

[Bentley]

It’s time to repatriate back

i hope you realize this forum is a joke ting dont take anything literally

 

[Yaquub]

i understand wallahi this is my concern but inshallah you will learn somali ameen

It will not fade my hooyo says all it takes is one year dhaqan celis and she is right it worked for many ppl.

 

[Keo]

This is where reer Scandinavia excel at. They will be able to pass the Somali language onto their children whilst reer UK & Canada won't.

 

[Mea]

It will not fade my hooyo says all it takes is one year dhaqan celis and she is right it worked for many ppl.

I agree. I picked up the language within a couple months. To be fair though my parents purposely spoke to me in Somali when I was growing up. So I already spoke it semi fluently. Thing is though apparently Somalis in Kenya are losing the language too. So it’s not just a western diaspora issue.

 

[Lordilord]

It's a serious issue among majority of Somalis in the west.. My future kid will have broken Somali just like me

 

[Yaquub]

I agree. I picked up the language within a couple months. To be fair though my parents purposely spoke to me in Somali when I was growing up. So I already spoke it semi fluently. Thing is though apparently Somalis in Kenya are losing the language too. So it’s not just a western diaspora issue.

Trust me it's just whether the parents force the children to speak or not. Plenty of cadaan children with one european parent know both languages due to their parents speaking to their children.

 

[Mea]

Trust me it's just whether the parents force the children to speak or not. Plenty of cadaan children with one european parent know both languages due to their parents speaking to their children.

That’s true. I think we should force all Somali children to do Somali language GCSE and A levels when I was in secondary school the Turkish and Asian kids did GCSEs in their language. I still remember french from secondary school. So maybe that will help in the West? This is actually a good thread.

 

[xalimathe6]

Not really. My cousin knows somali and i don't. It's just that my mother never taught me and i never urged her to and now i regret it but am starting to learn it.

Same hopefully when I get older i'll go to Somalia to learn it.

I don't want to learn this baqti French shit they teach us in school but sadly I have to smh.