Sir, @calestous why don't any African language make this list? What must we do to make our languages relevant? 1. @ScienceAlert
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@Maxiculture Have you ever seen a graph like that produced by Africans on their languagea? That would be a start
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@calestous I have not seen it Prof. But this graph cut across continents. If an Africa language is relevant, it shd make it@ScienceAlert -
@Maxiculture If we don't make our own charts we should not expect others to do it for us. There is no entitlement.
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@calestous I will work on something, and get back to you, if you dont mind prof. There is urgent need to WAKE up as Africans.@ScienceAlert -
@Maxiculture Please do and share.
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@calestous ... might help fill the gap some perceive in how certain languages seem absent, or why their language isn't better represented. -
@Strange_Bundle If their languages are not there they should draw their own charts and put them out there. Simple. -
@calestous The metric I used to use was from the Guinness Book, that had popularity of native speakers vs. total speakers. Was enlightening. -
@Strange_Bundle I would tweet such information if I got it.
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@calestous for example Guinea has 830languages twice bigger that 230europeans languages, None has international appeal why? 2@ScienceAlert -
@Maxiculture Which of those languages would you say are the most prominent in the region, say in trade and in lingua franca status?
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@Strange_Bundle Everyone of them has the capacity to be in that status. What we need is a strategic move to ensure they become relevant. -
@Maxiculture There's a bit of magic involved, but if a language seems necessary, like for trade, it increases the demand to learn.
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@Strange_Bundle I dont believe in magic-i believe in concerted efforts in the area of timely sensitisation and stunt aim to make them useful -
@Maxiculture ...is the most popular in Africa they'll probably say Kiswahili (and perhaps Arabic). But any language can rise.
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@Strange_Bundle yes. we actually need to work on our methodology in order to save our languages. God help us.
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@calestous What this list needs is a stat on non-native speakers learning a given language. It's usually included in such statistics and...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@calestous: How the#language you speak changes your view of the world http://bit.ly/1Er6tbe via@ScienceAlertThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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