Why diaspora Somali youth can’t speak Somali

[DRACO]

Has there been any studies done on the linguistic abilities of Somalis born in the west?

 

[NordicSomali]

Why don’t Italian-Americans speak Italian?

 

[AbdiFreedom]

I once saw an auntie laugh at her son with her friend when he butchered a sentence. Maybe that contributes to a certain percentage.

 

[Mantiq_Al-gharb]

No incentive to learn, only use in knowing Somali is speaking to others, and most Somalis even odeys know some english

 

[Baarisiyomoos]

Somali parents speak to their kids in somali and their kids reply back in English, or whatever language of the country they’re living in. Other ethnicities where the children commonly speak their native language fluently, the parents do not allow them to reply back in English. There isn’t as much of an insistence on somali youth to learn somali, though there should be.

 

[Bahamut122]

I once saw an auntie laugh at her son with her friend when he butchered a sentence. Maybe that contributes to a certain percentage.

Low IQ. She’s only mocking herself it’s her fault for not teaching him properly