Also we have many similarities with Arabic! And I would say the most difficult about our language is that we have cases! Like slavic!

Soc Valencia i aquesta xica no mes diu tonteries es increible que diga coses com aquesta en primer lloc el Valencia esta protegit per llei es llengua con status de co- oficialitat en la regio te el seu canal de T.V i radio regional pagat pel gobern regional i se ensenya obligatoriament a les escoles en la regio ; parlar Valencia es normal i apenes ocurrixen coses negatives es increible les tonteries i exageracions que se escolten deu meu😂

I loved listening to this and loved how you shared your life experience. Most people cannot even speak shona even if they have stayed in Zim for 6 years. Proud of you girl! And U are so right , you can only be good in your language if you have other people around you speaking the same language. I laughed when she said the cows are not in your apartment haha

A very interesting discussion.

I had such a great experience speaking with you. Thank you for this experience.

Wow your esteemed guest was speaking from an outsider's perspective. If I was to debunk her talking points I would spend the rest of the day doing so but I'm glad you asked great questions only that the answers where not authentic at all. It's like they came from someone who only spent a few months in Zim. I'm sorry sister I'm not coming for you but you really misrepresented but it's quite an interesting podcast after all has been said and done

Prof., thank you for enlightening us! We need an elaborate online forum to perpetuate Ga-ah Kejom. If not, I'm afraid our language would disappear. I find it hard getting the kids to speak the language at home. Since they're mostly online, this could be a great forum for them to learn the language on their own. Just for my general knowledge; is there a physical boundary between the two Kejoms. Is there "R" in Ga-ah kejom? Fufu (kebain in Ga-ah Kejom) is a more consistent cornflour porridge and Njama njama is a garden huckleberry variety that is harvested before it flowers. Achu is colocacia paste and the yellow soup is kind of limestone, juice from boiled meat or fish, and palm oil mixed together.

Croatian/Serbian/Bosnian/Montenegrin have 7 cases. Russian has 6 cases.

This is a wonderful insight of BABANKI which alot of even the BABANKI (kedjom) people are unaware of . Thank you Prof.

Great Prof. Just learnt a lot about Babanki. That was so clear and resourceful. We need to recognize the importance of our own languages.

Thank you

Thank you so much Pro Pius. You make us proud to be Babanki. More power to your elbows. More fuel to your lamp. Stay blessed.

Congratulations Doctor May the sky be your limit I have learnt something I never knew about

Dear Dr. Pius Akumbu, Congratulations on your outstanding conversation in Episode 150 of the Speaking Tongues Podcast! Your clear and insightful explanations were enlightening. We're thrilled with your ability to bring complex topics to light and hope you continue this remarkable work for future generations. Thank you for your invaluable contributions.

Thank you Prof. Akumbu. Very educative and I appreciate the Bilingual aspect precisely the French initiation aspects particularly when we drift out of the English speaking zone. Thank you for your works in Kejom language and culture.

Thank you Prof. You are awesome. I have learned alot

Quite educative Prof. That is Ga'a kejom for real. Elle is learning alot so do I

Kezong ke ghohke a Docta Prof. Nyingong bwase

Kezong a Wotoh

This is awesome. I speak Babanki and as an indegene of that village, I just had a series of lessons succinctly articulated in a single podcast. This is so timely because this language is an endangered Bantu language that needs revitalization. Kudos to Prof Akumbu for taking this uphill task. Where are my Kedjom brothers and sisters and all users of this language. Let's put all hands on deck and disseminate this phenomenal propelling agenda. NTSENTE....DIH..... KEDIOH Kezong ah Lemme 🎉🎉🎉🎉

Wonderful interview ❤️ Proud of you Itto!!

I am proud of you Garita. Keep going lady.🎉

I am proud of you Garita. Keep going lady.🎉

Mi.amiga gara 😍😍😍😍😍

Awesome!

This is so true years ago I talked to a girl for a while from Charleston, South Carolina. I thought she was from Jamaica.

You know, when I lived in Astoria I remember saying I should check out Titan but never got around to it. Thanks for letting me experience snacks through your tastebuds 😊

Try the Michel Thomas french course, it's dope !

Fok ou noz palé kréyol épi latjé mové limaj ou ni épi lang tala.

I carry = Bharāmi You carry = Bharasi

Aupa Euskara!

@peternotsowhite

This was an amazing discussion with you Elle! It's an honor to have been a guest on your podcast, keep up the amazing work❤

Two of my favorite content creators have finally come together for a profoundly insightful and vitally important conversation! <3

Aiyana is such an inspiration.

I think that one is one of my favorite episodes.

There is a similar expression in Turkish: Ne dersem yalan olur. Whatever I would say would be a lie

It was such an interesting, informative, fun and lovely conversation to listen to. I laughed or smiled at some points. :) It was a great opportunity to get to know Colombian culture and different Spanish versions across Colombia. It was also really interesting to listen to her experience on growing up bilingual and growing up in different places. I really enjoyed it a lot! Thanks, both of you!

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What a powerful conversation. You’re such a good host Elle ❤️. Thanks so much for having me on for this discussion 😊

The sentence structure is similar/ same to the bantu structure. For example in Shona Zita (name) rangu(mine) ndi(is) Indira or Swahili Jina(name) langu(my) ni (is)

came here from Israel's channel, thanks for having him on & asking fantastic questions, and thanks Israel for representing Cantonese and supporting minoritized languages! 好支持你哋，加油啊！

Fascinating!

My future boyfriend (haha, yeah, we're very new) who's learning Bangla to know about my culture and connect with me better shared this podcast with me. Kudos to you Sausan! I already followed you on IG and not surprised that we had a mutual follower. Actually, I have talked about this for a lot of different interviews in Canada (specially when I ran for council last year in Revelstoke BC), I shared our history a bit. I'm not gonna go yoo far back but the reason East and West Pakistan are so far apart is because of the British( I know, it's always the Brits, hey?) Divide and conquer. Same tactics that they applied in so many countries around the world to create conflict. Bangladesh, India and Pakistan used to be together before the British came to rule. It was called the Indian Subcontinent. So during WWII while the British needed more troops to fight Hitler in Europe, they had to leave but that meant the people of Indian subcontinent would take over the land again. So they did something very cleverly. They created tension between Muslims and hindus (similar to what's going on in Isreal and Palestine: jews vs. Muslims) right now. They appointed all the hindu people as the highest officials (giving them more privileges) in muslim regions and vice versa. So people started fighting while they were gone. In 1947 was the great partition where muslims together created Pakistan (Holy land in arabic) and the majority hindus created hindustan or India (named by the Brits). Later there was tension between the two Muslim groups because the west Pakistan was all the way beside Afghanistan super far away from east Pakistan (currently Bangladesh) because East Pakistan spoke Bangla and were the worker class while west Pakistan spoke urdu and were the upper class. They were forcing us to speak urdu and we did not agree. So in 1952, lots of people died to speak our mother tongue, Bangla. That's unesco recognized I guess. Bangla culture is a very old culture dating back thousands of years before the Brits came. But we d (Bangladeshis) were more skilled than the upperclass. So we rioted and became independent in 1971. With the help of India for Aviation and help of Russia for Navy.

This episode has me utterly spellbound! <3

Thank you for sharing this interesting conversation. As a Taiwanese American who lives in LA, Erica's story is quite relatable especially the racial and identity part; something that I still struggle with.

"You can be different but you can be similar and that's the beauty of our humanity". HEAR HEAR!

Very interesting. I had no idea of the history but I had heard Stuart Jay Raj, noted true polyglot, mention that his heritage was Indian Fiji by way of Australia. Great new season!

I've always thought this language was missing on your incredible podcast! Thanks giving us this gif. I'm so glad that this podcast exist, your work is amazing, Elle. Tebrikler ( congratulations) Pd: I really like Elysse speaks as well 👌👌👌 Greetings from Colombia 🇨🇴

Thank you for this great podcast. A brilliant listen. Is there anywhere for English speakers to learn Kréole Réoné? Thank you!!!