[civsoc-mw] Use of indigenous languages

[KPD]

*PETITION TO MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT IN MALAWI TO INTRODUCE INDIGENOUS
LANGUAGE (S) IN THE HOUSE TO COMPLIMENT THE USE OF ENGLISH.*

https://secure.avaaz.org/community_petitions/en/members_of_parliament_in_malawi_introduce_indigenous_language_s_in_malawis_parliament_to_complement_the_use_of_english/?ekpkyurb&utm_source=sharetools&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=petition-1121689-introduce_indigenous_language_s_in_malawis_parliament_to_complement_the_use_of_english&utm_term=pkyurb%2Ben


On Mon, 21 Sep 2020, 21:28 Nini Sulamoyo, <ninisulamoyo at gmail.com> wrote:

> MPs should know that no matter what national governments are not purely
> sovereign. For as long as development partners and donors are not chichewa
> speaking then we cannot leave them out. Since their international language
> os English then the use of English prevails. English is learnt in schools
> where MPs should emanate from. No short cuts.
>
> Nini Brenda Sulamoyo-Ruebush
>
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2020, 9:17 PM Keyboard Boyd Kilembey <kkilembe at gmail.com
> wrote:
>
>> Laws are not written in chichewa. Law makers must be fluent in English.
>> Aspiring mps must fit into the system. It is not the system that must fit
>> into mps. We have more serious issues to deal with than dealing with people
>> yothawira sukulu pa windo
>>
>> On Mon, 21 Sep 2020, 19:20 KPD, <maluwakpd at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I listened to the discussion last night on Zodiak radio. I have also
>>> seen the petition and believe we are going backwards.
>>>
>>> The problem of Chichewa was Kamuzu's insistence on its purity. We should
>>> have allowed it to grow by adopting various, easy to use, words from other
>>> languages.
>>>
>>> Words like windo, galasi, sipuni, wani,  thu, firi, folo etc were
>>> borrowed from English. I see no reason why other words from other Malawian
>>> languages can not be incorporated. Why can't we use 'ada' instead of
>>> 'bambo' and so on.
>>>
>>> I don't see Malawi advancing just because we have declared 10 languages
>>> official.
>>>
>>> A languages units and many languages divide.
>>>
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