English not our mother tongue (how it affects us)

English language is not our mother tongue but is made an official language to most African countries including Nigeria, in Nigeria it is the official language because our colonial masters made it so and the language is next to none and it holds high prestige and it's used as means of communication in all educational institutions. But English is not our mother tongue and as such there are lapses while speaking it, most times when someone is speaking it you need to listen carefully in other to make out what the person is trying to say. Because of the manner some words are pronounce.
I recently went on a random questioning of what people think of our mothers tongue as it affects spoken English. And the result of that will be discussed later on this post.

Mother tongue, as we all know is the language spoken by a particular tribe. It is learned and transferred from one generation to the other. It is used to communicate with those that understands or knows the dialect.
Individuals best learns their mother tongue at an early stage. This could be seen when a child is born into a family, among the first thing he or she learns is the mother tongue.
In Nigeria and the world at-large, one can easily be traced or linked to a particular tribe with out even speaking his or her Mother tongue.
The reason for this, is based on the accent or intonation used in speaking the English language. With that, one can say this person is from Akwa Ibom, Yoruba or Fulani as it maybe in Nigeria.
Meanwhile, the importance of the mother tongue can not be overemphasized but how about the effects it has on some tribes when it comes to them speaking the English language.
Despite its Uniqueness, the mother tongue has its effects on some tribes. These tribes lacks certain consonants and vowels in their dialect and this makes it difficult for certain individuals from that tribe to fluently and phonetically speak English thereby becoming a problem either in their work place, social life and otherwise.
In the case of the Ibibio tribe where junction is pronounced as 'yontion' same goes to the Yorubas that pronounced almost every word that starts with 'a' as 'h' e.g able as hable and Sokoto as shokoto, Same can be said of the Hausa/Fulani pipty instead of fifthy.
This accent/intonation makes it difficult for them to flow phonetically when communicating with the English language. Also, the fun, jokes and caricature that people generate from this tends to make one feel embarrassed or shy to speak in a social gathering or public.
However, one can still leave above this effect by focusing on those sounds that are not included in their dialect when learning the English language. Also, exposure to some educatedForeign contents such as books, movies, documentaries etc can help broaden and improve upon the English language both phonetically and otherwise.

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