I really think 70% of Somali Youth today can’t speak Somali

[Aegon]

Or at least not proper Somali.

And i’m not joking guys, wallahi i’m dead serious, based from my own experiences and what i seen on Social Media

 

[Farsi]

So why can't the youth today speak Somali? Other ethnicities speak their own language fluently, So why don't Somalis speak it too?

 

[LilBang]

Its prolly because they just never learned it

 

[EainA2]

They understand and speak Somali to a certain degree, which is enough for them. They have no real motivation or need to learn Af Somali.

 

[gasara]

So why can't the youth today speak Somali? Other ethnicities speak their own language fluently, So why don't Somalis speak it too?

Nah these other ethnicities can't speak their languages well. None of my Chinese, Arab, and South Asians at my school spoke their languages Lol. I think this is the cost of leaving your country of origin. You start to lose pieces of yourselves. Though one thing I noticed the ones that could speak well were the ones who had parents that instilled pride and taught them how to speak it at a young age. They got enrolled in Mandarin lessons but the parents did not stop there they fully spoke the language at home and whenever they called eachother. Cuz my friends that only did mandarin lessons and did not fully speak it at home could not communicate well.

 

[gasara]

Or at least not proper Somali.

And i’m not joking guys, wallahi i’m dead serious, based from my own experiences and what i seen on Social Media

Yeah we are cooked. Even the level of Somali they understand is not good at all because Parents water it down so much. I don't know why we don't have after school Somali learning programs. Like my friends went to Urdu and mandarin lessons and it counted as a language course.

 

[TheLand]

Or at least not proper Somali.

And i’m not joking guys, wallahi i’m dead serious, based from my own experiences and what i seen on Social Media

I think it’s more like 90%. Other groups are not nearly the same. Some of them try to argue about Somali history or politics without even knowing the language. Language isn’t just how you speak, it’s also how you think. We don’t value our own language and look down on it, and that is a hard truth to acknowledge

 

[TekNiKo]

Blame the single mothers speaking broken English to their kids instead of instilling pride in af Soomali. I know so many kids in the West whose hooyos have failed them.

 

[TheLand]

Blame the single mothers speaking broken English to their kids instead of instilling pride in af Soomali. I know so many kids in the West whose hooyos have failed them.

Stop blaming mothers waryaa, it’s clear what you are trying to do. Fathers are just as responsible if not more.

 

[Lostbox]

Why learn it? There no incentive for me to improve my nursery level somali

 

[TheLand]

Why learn it? There no incentive for me to improve my nursery level somali

Do you tell people you are Somali? If so then why bother with that as well?

 

[Dooyo]

I thank God everyday that I was given the opportunity to live in Somalia for a couple of years. I’m 100% fluent

 

[AbdiFreedom]

I know of a man in his 50s born in Virginia but lives in Canada now who also can't speak Somali.

 

[TheLand]

So why can't the youth today speak Somali? Other ethnicities speak their own language fluently, So why don't Somalis speak it too?

I suspect we as Somalis don’t value our language and probably much else besides money. Business is where we seem to excel but we easily lose our culture.

 

[TheLand]

I know of a man in his 50s born in Virginia but lives in Canada now who also can't speak Somali.

You will know many more in the coming decades.

 

[AbdiFreedom]

You will know many more in the coming decades.

Djiboutian kids all speak Somali though.

 

[TheLand]

Djiboutian kids all speak Somali though.

I wonder what’s going on there? Stability in Djibouti?

 

[AbdiFreedom]

I wonder what’s going on there? Stability in Djibouti?

They value Somali culture more than other Somalis

 

[LilBang]

Stop blaming mothers waryaa, it’s clear what you are trying to do. Fathers are just as responsible if not more.

Dont listen to him dude is just a goofy

 

[TheLand]

Dont listen to him dude is just a goofy

I sense a deep pain and depression from him. I think a Somali woman broke his heart