Europeans Can't Name One African Language. Can you? - Politics Discussion

[–] GypsyMike (282) 2 years ago

Swahili?

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[–] Keelai (36065) 2 years ago

I'm surprised they couldn't name that one since it's a lingua franca.
(I hope you didn't Google.)

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[–] GypsyMike (282) 2 years ago

Nope...just the only one I know of.
lol...

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[–] GypsyMike (282) 2 years ago

Pretty sad if there’s 2000 linguistics on that continent!

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[–] Keelai (36065) 2 years ago

Congratulations! You did better than the European interviewees and MC posters (so far.)
If you watch "Bob Hearts Abishola", you should be able to name a second one.

I read some languages will likely become extinct.

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[–] GypsyMike (282) 2 years ago

Wahtusii? Just another that comes to mind...

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[–] GypsyMike (282) 2 years ago

I imagine Zimbabwe’s has it’s own tongue as well.
Going on memory here! Old movies and geography...

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[–] GypsyMike (282) 2 years ago

‘The Naked Prey’ with Cornel Wilde...

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[–] Keelai (36065) 2 years ago

Zimbabwe likely has many local languages.
Swahili was spoken in the old Tarzan movies, Daktari TV series and by Uhura in Star Trek. Also language of Kwanzaa.

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[–] Keelai (36065) 2 years ago

Ethnic group and dance. Not language, I believe.

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[–] Quasimodo (16388) 2 years ago

Bantu
French

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[–] Keelai (36065) 2 years ago

Bantu isn't a language, but a language group similar to Romance language. (Don't Google.)
French is European.

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[–] Quasimodo (16388) 2 years ago

Language, language group who cares ? Oh of course hair splitters ! ( Don't Google ! )

French is the official language in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, the Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Gabon, Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, the Seychelles, and Togo. French is very much an African language. So stick that in your Woke pipe and smoke it ! ( Don't Google ! )

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[–] Keelai (36065) 2 years ago

You can't name one African language.
French is a European language.

And you're cheating by googling.

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[–] Quasimodo (16388) 2 years ago

No you're cheating by mentioning the word google ! That's against the rules ! And you're being racist by refusing to admit that French is an African language !

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[–] Keelai (36065) 2 years ago

Play nice or you'll be disqualified.

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[–] Quasimodo (16388) 2 years ago

Typical Woke mindset. We set the rules that everyone has to follow and no-one can make rules but us ! That's what the Communists do.

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[–] CraigC (8721) 2 years ago

And a whole lot of Africans speak nothing but French. Dumbass.

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[–] Keelai (36065) 2 years ago

French is expected to have more global speakers than English because of African francophones. Nevertheless, French originated in Europe, therefore it's a European language.

Play nice. No name-calling.

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[–] moviechatterer (16282) 2 years ago

French is a European language.

So if someone said
"Name a language spoken in North America"
and got the reply "English"
that would be a wrong answer?

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[–] SamNoyoun (6008) 2 years ago

No, but if they answered English to the question "Name a North American Language" it most certainly would be...

To answer the op, Swahili would be the only one...

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[–] Keelai (36065) 2 years ago

That would not be the question. I asked:
"There are 2,000 local African languages! Are you able to name one? Don't Google!"

I would've framed the question:
Name an INDIGENOUS North American language."

But, that's too easy! I would've asked for an Indigenous South American or Indigenous Caribbean language.

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[–] moviechatterer (16282) 2 years ago

ok ok . indiginous .
No i cant . I guess there being 2000 of them dosent make it easier , it makes it harder .

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[–] ProgsReturn (2218) 2 years ago

You said nothing about native languages.

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[–] roger_dat (1678) 2 years ago

Portuguese "crioulo"

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[–] Keelai (36065) 2 years ago

That's European.

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[–] roger_dat (1678) 2 years ago

Is Angola in Europe?

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[–] Keelai (36065) 2 years ago

Portuguese Creole is still Portuguese, a European language. (Don't google.)

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[–] roger_dat (1678) 2 years ago

I'm not googling, my wife is from Angola and we live in Portugal lol

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[–] Keelai (36065) 2 years ago

Then, I hope your wife can name one African language.

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[–] Quasimodo (16388) 2 years ago

Why ? What difference does it make to anything, apart from your fevered Woke brain ?

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[–] Keelai (36065) 2 years ago

People can easily name one Asian language, one European language and one American language.

Glaring ignorance about an entire continent leads to nothing positive.

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[–] Quasimodo (16388) 2 years ago

Oh I see. In your tiny Woke brain you imagine you are doing a public service by "educating" people. I disagree. Globalisation is a catastrophe and the world would be much better off if people for the most part stayed in their own countries and, for the most part again, concerned themselves with their own countries.

For instance Africans will only truly grow up and take responsibility for themselves when Whitey stops running to help them when they get into trouble.

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[–] Keelai (36065) 2 years ago

You can't name one African language, but you feel qualified to give geopolitical advice about the region.

Russia is in many African countries destabilizing multiple regions with their mercenaries, The Wagner Group. They're also propping up brutal dictators and spreading terrorism which eventually will spill out to the rest of the world in a similar way to Russia's Afghanistan invasion leading to 9/11.

Your "head in the sand" approach doesn't work nor has it ever worked. It didn't work during WWII when the U.S. tried to stay out of the war only to have Pearl Harbor attacked. All countries trade with each other, must defend against possible attacks and form alliances. That's reality!

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[–] Quasimodo (16388) 2 years ago

So you flailing about and throwing everything and the kitchen sink into your "argument" is reality ?

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[–] Keelai (36065) 2 years ago

You haven't countered with an answer to my post so I'll assume you have none.

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[–] Quasimodo (16388) 2 years ago

So you flailing about and throwing everything and the kitchen sink into your "argument" is reality ?

Hello ?

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[–] Keelai (36065) 2 years ago

Still no answer.

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[–] Quasimodo (16388) 2 years ago

Still denying that I have given you your answer, several times in this thread in fact. But then denial is the state in which Woke Folk perpetually live.

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[–] CraigC (8721) 2 years ago

Absolutely irrelevant.

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[–] Keelai (36065) 2 years ago

Being ignorant about a continent is relevant since it influences a worldview.

I was actually expecting more posters to be able to name African languages so I'm surprised by the results.

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[–] Quasimodo (16388) 2 years ago

Utter bullshit. You set this whole thread up ( Don't Google ! ) so that you could have a gotcha moment to hammer home your Woke ideology. Far from "actually expecting more posters to be able to name African languages" you were hoping that next to no-one would be able to ( Don't Google ! ).

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[–] Keelai (36065) 2 years ago

You're trolling.

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[–] Quasimodo (16388) 2 years ago

Whenever you have lost the argument your clutching straw of last resort is " You're trolling ".

Keelai's Report Card: Needs to do better.

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[–] BOandBarbecue (2264) 2 years ago

You hate white peoples, Keelai/WhoToTrust. why do you cares if they cant name 2000 stupid language? who care?

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[–] Keelai (36065) 2 years ago

Obviously, you care since you responded.
Ad hominem attacks not allowed. Guess a language or go away.

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[–] BOandBarbecue (2264) 2 years ago

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do you do anything except obsess with white peoples, Keelai/WhoToTrust??? i come on forum to read post that are interest, and all i see is you everyday with white peoples living rents free in head!!!!! everyday race race race race race race hahahahahah. you ever get bored of this life? or does race obsess keep you alive??!!! why do i ask? of course it does your american hahaha.

idiot like you never shut up about whites but you are too stupid to know you just as racist as they are.

you american are worst peoples on earth. race race race race. forever on your minds. boring!!!!!!

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[–] Keelai (36065) 2 years ago

You're trolling.

BTW, not all Europeans are white.

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[–] BOandBarbecue (2264) 2 years ago

"BTW, not all Europeans are white."

yes black call them all evil, enslavery and racist yet go live there hahahahahahahaahahhahahah.

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[–] Keelai (36065) 2 years ago

Your rant is incoherent.

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[–] robocat893 (16225) 2 years ago

Afrikaans

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[–] Keelai (36065) 2 years ago

That's basically Dutch, therefore European. It's the language of the Dutch settlers.

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[–] Wint3rFir3 (7355) 2 years ago

It's probably hard for a lot of people because a lot of languages in Africa didn't originate in Africa. Like Arabic and French, some of the most common languages spoken across the continent are not original to that continent.

Also, I wanted to add the language Tigre, but I admit I looked it up to confirm spelling - friend from Eritrea speaks it.

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[–] Keelai (36065) 2 years ago

2,000 languages originated in Africa. Interestingly, majority of people are having a problem naming one.

True. Most official languages like Arabic and French are originally foreign languages so they're not correct answers. Most Africans speak the official language plus 1 or 2 native African languages.

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[–] chilidoggg (14565) 2 years ago

Afrikans
Arabic
French
English
Swahili

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[–] Keelai (36065) 2 years ago

Swahili is correct, but that was mentioned. Arabic is Asian. The others are European including Afrikaans which is basically Dutch.

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[–] chilidoggg (14565) 2 years ago

Is Xhosa its own language?

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[–] Keelai (36065) 2 years ago

Yes. Very good!

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[–] chilidoggg (14565) 2 years ago

I only know the Xhosas because in the 1980's the right wing portrayed the Xhosas as the "commies" and the Zulus as the "freedom fighters."

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[–] Keelai (36065) 2 years ago

Zulu is also the name of another African language. You're on a roll!

I didn't know Conservatives took sides. I'll guess there was an ethnic hierarchy with the Zulus higher placed than the Xhosas who wanted equality and that's the reason they were called "commies"?

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[–] chilidoggg (14565) 2 years ago

I don't remember... I'm guessing the Xhosa were more enthusiastic about the ANC and got guns from the USSR and the Zulus got guns from Pretoria... I don't remember who was giving whom the "tire necklaces"

There are always "sides" just like they were telling us the Afghans were the "freedom fighters" against the USSR when these were the same guys that would go on to shelter Al Qaeda...

It's comforting to know that our stance with Iran never changes...

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[–] Bloodworth79 (5736) 2 years ago

Ebonics

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[–] chilidoggg (14565) 2 years ago

Jive (June Cleaver was fluent)

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[–] Bloodworth79 (5736) 2 years ago

Cut me some slack jack...

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[–] chilidoggg (14565) 2 years ago

{Golly}

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