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Language Is a medium of communication amongst humans - Coggle Diagram
Language
Is
a medium of
communication amongst humans
Multilingualism
namely “multi” that means
many and “lingua” that means language
Official/Unofficial
Official
engagements involve parliamentary proceedings,judicial activities, local and also international conferences among
others.
his trend is generally unavoidably practised amongst close or neighbouring ethnic communities as they interact amongst
themselves during their daily activities
Consequences of multilingualism
Linguistic
Linguistic consequences of multilingualism include among others the creation because of the need for cross group communication
:socio-political
Code switching
When people switch from one language used at
homes to the other outside the home environment then code
switching occurs
Benefits
provides an insight into the understanding of different cultures and experiences hence a
multilingual becomes multicultural in nature
is also a form of human capital [18]. This
is because skills in multilingualism are created at a cost (time of the person, teachers and parents in enhancing the language
skills,
helps in national unity especially if
people learn national languages besides their indigenous anguages and lingua franca. In the process, the people
concerned will automatically embrace the value of
togethernes
Bilingualism
that refers to the ability to speak two
languages with native like proficiency
trilingualism
ability to speak three language