A CHAT FROM LONDON: The continuous fall of lingual skills in Tanzania

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These two common words do not have plural. Many (including top broadcasters and leaders) misuse them.

There is no place in the world where people do not use one language well. We have nations with multiple languages like South Africa, Switzerland or bi lingual as in the Middle East, Canada and Tanzania herself. But if you check closely, there is a basic strength in one particular language. For example I lived in Canada for a year. I was mostly in Quebec, the French speaking area. Canadians are always aware that English is their main language. If a public speaker is making a speech, they try mixing English and the French. But majority of the citizens do speak either of the languages well. Same with the Arabic speaking world. I have been around Algerians. They manage Arabic and French, excellently, but deep down you know their motto is Arabic, or French were they born in France. Same with the Congolese. They are mesh Lingala, Swahili and French; yet power lies in mother tongues.

A CHAT FROM LONDON: The continuous fall of lingual skills in Tanzania

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