I work in a capacity which essentially means that I run into many young Somalis @ schools , charities ,youth services and other government-funded orgs.sometimes I have to remind the Iraqis, Romanians and others to stop speaking their own languages because others present will not understand .recently ,I asked three young Somalis (13-15) were their families were from and if they spoke any other languages .the responses I got were very defensive and almost delusional . I don't think it is possible to not speak even a word of your mother tongue .this girl was trying to tell me she didn't even know what magaca means . There is an element of self -hatred involved here and it is alarmingly high In the Somali community .