Should Sudanese Kids Lose Their Native Language

Sudanese kids lose their native language to understand and keep English. First, as a former Sudanese kid, we learn Arabic from the first second that we are born even in America. Speaking broken Arabic is like; “not “fully knowing” the language,” (Chinglish) to the ancestors or the parent who grew up in Sudan then immigrated to America. Furthermore, as Sudanese kids grow up and inherit American culture they feel like they “should have kept both voices alive (Speaking in tongues). It is hard for them to keep both voices alive in America because they never get the opportunity to learn Arabic in school, but are rather taught English and Spanish in high school. Rather than these Sudanese kids saying; this “is my only voice” (Speaking in Tongues), we should teach their native language rather than make them take on a big piece of responsibility in life. Having only a couple

In this world knowing a language is like knowing baby steps, you need to know more than what you already know, because “flexibility is something that requires work if it is to be maintained” (speaking in tongues). You need to able to change and be able to be on top of your game for the new jobs on the market. Third world countries such as Sudan are teaching their kids English as their second language, so when they grow up they can be with the norm with these dominant countries. English is now, “the official language of 57 foreign countries” (Facebook rant). More and more countries are now changing their ways to theses dominant countries with power and jobs that people need, and this is playing in favor of those countries. The world is also becoming less and less diverse but rather a small English speaking world. Why people speak English is because “English is 99.9% of the time a high prestige language” (Chinglish). Therefore, if you want access of power, then you need to be able to preserve many