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RE: Learn Something New Every Day Contest. Day 2
Pretty cool. Are there many people that are preserving the language? I can imagine that people igbonize English words, happens with a lot of languages. I remember that in High School during French exams I used to write down English words with a l'accent circonflexe if I didn't know the French word.
Last question, do you know any artists that use Igbo in their art (paintings, mural etc.)? Would love to see those works.
Thanks. Mostly the very old people are preserving the language. Most middle aged people just speak it to themselves. About 30% of Young adults hardly speak and about 90% of children don't know it. I'm sure there are lots of artists. I'll find some pictures of artworks and get it to you😊
Thanks. One of our most renown artists in Suriname, Marcel Pinas, uses the Afaka syllabary in his paintings (Some images: https://www.google.sr/search?q=marcel+pinas+afaka&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjF7uemgr3YAhUB8CYKHTwQBd4Q_AUICigB&biw=1355&bih=559).
Not much is known about Afaka, aside from it having African roots. The signs really bring a special feel to the artworks, unfortunately none of us know what is actually written.
Wow. His representation of the symbols are beautiful. Very genius to do a painting on syllabry.
Please may I have your Steemit.chat username so we can talk more
Weirdly enough not active on Steemit.chat. I am active on Discord. Under @jeanlucsr. Same for Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Snapchat :)
Not weird😊 I'll try discord.