[civsoc-mw] Use of indigenous languages

[Adamson S. Muula]

Sir,

Now the issue may be could be: should we implement the Constitution or
change the constitution?

On Wed, 23 Sep 2020 at 09:51, Dunstain Mwaungulu <dfmwaungulu at googlemail.com>
wrote:

> As I pointed out in two statements - which sparked this debate ' I made at
> the CENTRE FOR LAW AND POLICY, this is a constitutional matter.The National
> Assembly was, for the past 25 years, acting unconstitutionally. The
> Constitution provides that the language of the proceedings shall be English
> AND other languages. Parliament could not therefore have been acting
> constitutionally by using Englidh alone.
>
> I followed up this by saying that all Malawina languages must be used and
> there should be simultaneously translation - this can be easily and cheaply
> done. There is appropriate technology available. I even suggested a short
> translation course to an institution that I know.
>
> I argued that by definition all languages spoken by Malawians are
> nationalsnguages and advocated that they be listed as such as has happened
> in South Africa and Zimbabwe. The latter has included Chinyanja as a
> national language.
>
> I argue that the word Chinyanja or Kinyasa did not refer to Chichewa alone
> - but all languages of the lake people. So there was nothing wrong with
> breaking Chinyanja into the distinct languages of the lake. So Kamuzu was
> right to single out  Chichewa.
>
> I think all languages should be promoted fully and equally because a
> Malawian has a  constitutional right to a language and culture
>
>
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