Sheng a threat to Kiswahili

http://www.ntv.co.ke/News The debate on the status of Kiswahili as an examinable subject is opening the language to fresh scrutiny. Kiswahili scholars are now facing up to the challenges that threaten the very future of the language.

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[Flaviahob]

Only in Kenya do we kill what we should actually be fighting to revive...what a shame.

[karuitha]

hate it if you want but it is still lugha ya taifa, keep loving the foreign colonialistic languages

[razzikiddam]

i am from somalia and i love kenya so much. kenya is the best east africa. i have been living almost 10 years which i loved so much. my dream is to go back one day inshallah. i love kenya

[jnyerere]

However I will say that Kenyans from Mombasa and Lamu can speak Swahili better than some Tanzanians, including myself. I have to step my game up. lol.

[jnyerere]

I love my fellow Kenyan neighbors to the north, but they have truly looked down on Swahili as a secondary language. That is not good considering they consider themselves mighty because they speak English more and better than we Tanzanians do. However, it is rather sad to see that they are only proving to be an unfortunate case of colonialism. Embrace Swahili. It is a beautiful language. I want to be able to communicate with you guys. I don't understand Sheng.

[MRMUTOONI]

@Flaviahob 100% suport. Look at Kenyans abroad too. Our kids dont even speak our tribal languages let alone kiswahili. I know one Kenyan family they only speak English even among the parents dispite the parents are all Wakambas.

[MRMUTOONI]

@karuitha Kenyans are white brainwashed. Thats why Germans wanaleta Mbwa zao vacations Kenya kutomba wakenya wanawake

[MRMUTOONI]

Na hii Mbulenda Mulinya kwanini hapana sungumuza na kiswahili yeye. Hii ndio shinda hapa Kwetu Kenya

[Runited7]

Maze sheng ina comingi proper senye una say kitu utaki mbuyu understandako. I never passed kiswahili in school but was born speaking it lol i dont understand how ime camu to kua ivo. ATI BALLGAMU??? lol cant stop lol..ing...huyo beste ame try. eeiii lakini iyo bro from kisumu ana zi drop...i had to watch 3 times kui COMPREHENDINGI.

SHENG FOREVER FORGET TZ SWAHILI

[2190g1]

We should never allow Kiswahili to be made optional or to be banned. We must promote is as a symbol of national and regional unity, and as a show of pride in our African heritage.

Exactly what are the reasons to want Kiswahili to be optional???

[emashcmb]

its optional exactly ...that fool who replied to me and 2 u is the one who is brainwashed.

[emashcmb]

i didnt say i hate swahili..i hated it read twice next tym before u reply to me. When will we move on and see,to make Kenya better we have to learn kiswahili but shouldnt be tested on it. English is universal so its very important. In TZ, they are taught in swa and i know a trainee TZ doctor who found it very difficult to study medicine in U.K so there is no way you can trade with the 'colonialists' as u say it, with swa.just open ur mind and stop blaming the colonialists for ppl nt speakin swa.