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15-01-07, 06:17 PM
Pele, there is probably some truth to what you said about the language disappearing. Many of my cousins that moved from the villages when they were young, or who were born in the cities because their parents moved from their village know the language even less than I do. Even if the parents are fluent in it, they don't normally speak it.
Not only are the use of dialects diminishing, but the villages too, as it is the villagers who mainly use the dialects, many not even knowing how to speak the national language of French. Villages are being abandoned by the younger generations and/or becoming "urbanized". Even my mother's village after an eternity of not having electricity just got wired up a few years which was a HUGE deal.
The children leave the villages to go to upper grade schools as most villages only carry elementary education and they are discouraged in the city schools from speaking their language and they eventually adopt French as their main language.
Doula and Baule, from what I understand, are the two largest DIALECT languages spoken in Cote D'ivoire and Baule is an Akan language. I'm not sure which group Doula falls under as they migrated from Burkina Faso.
oh, and the "n" is not silent. You wouldn't prounounce it "En", like you're saying the letter, but rather taking away the "eh" sound and just saying "nn". Hard to explain, but does that make sense?
btw, this thread is a great idea and really is bringing me way way back lol. Now I have to back track and read some of the other languages here. I really hope I can find some Yoruban and Swahilli.
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