Urdu community Contest / S2W2 – Language. How does language connect an individual to his family, globe or specific society.? by @predomina

Fellow steemians welcome to season two of the engagement challenge for week number 2. Today I am presenting my entry on the topic "How does language connect an individual to his family, globe or specific society.?", I urge you all to read through my blog.

In my understanding, language can be seen as a medium through which people in a particular geographical location communicate with each other. Languages give rise to effective communication between people in a certain environment. Before this time, we have read that the entire earth speak the same language until the tower of babel was destroyed.

According to the Bible, we read that the entire universe was speaking the same language and men decided to build a tower to get to heaven, so when God saw this he said let's go and confuse their language because the power of language is what made them successful till the point they got. Seeing that men can do anything once they understand each other their languages was confusing.

So these people who were progressively building this tower became very confused and the entire project stopped. The people were scattered all over the world and that is the reason why we are having a different language in the world today. My state happens to be one of the states in my country where we believe that part of the tower of babel fell. The reason I said this is because we have different languages apart from my mother tongue.

Just as I have stated earlier, language is a powerful tool that connects people. Once people speak the same language then the possibilities of doing anything will be seen. The instance of the Bible is a clear indication that when people speak the same language they can make exploit the world.

The power of language also goes a long way in connecting people. Today, we are all together on the steemit platform just because we can understand each other. People from all over the world today participate on the steemit platform because we can read and understand the articles written by all. The power of language makes impossible things very possible.

Another instance is if a Nigerian goes to India, and then he hears someone speaking his mother tongue, he wi be attracted to such a person and will want to interact with that person because he sees that person as his/her brother. This is the same for everyone on earth.

My mother tongue is Ubanlaku. As I have stated earlier, there are many languages in my state cross river state. There are stories that when the tower of babel was destroyed, part of the building fell into cross river state and that is the reason why we have different languages in the state. Though there are three different major languages in Nigeria I.e Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba. Mine is not among the major tribes.

Other than my mother tongue Ubanlaku, the language we speak fluently in my home is English. English happens to be the general language used by all Nigerians because we were colonized by Great Britain. My family trained us all to speak good and correct English to enable us to communicate effectively with people from the outside world.

I only know 3 different languages I.e my mother tongue Ubanlaku, English and Igbo. I decided to learn one of the major languages in Nigeria. Recall that I have stated above that Nigeria is made up of 3 different languages aside from the English language.

I learnt my mother tongue from my home since I was a child. I had the privilege to learn English during my school period and the Igbo language I learned when I was working with an Igbo man in Anambra State Nigeria. That is how I got to learn the other languages aside from my mother's tongue.

The English language is the language that is formally used in Nigerian schools and for that reason, I was taught using English. To the best of my knowledge, this language is used because it is seen as the general language for all Nigerian since teachers are sent from different parts of the world.

I prefer the use of the English language in our university. The reason is that I want a language that can be universally accepted so that even if we go out we can still be able to communicate with each other effectively. Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba are languages that are used mostly just in Nigeria and for that reason, I need a language that is accepted by many more countries for effective communication.

When people are living together with the same language, the possibility of development within the area is very high. Take the story in the Bible as an example, when the people spoke the same language they were able to progress in the building of their tower but when their language was confused, the building stopped because they can no longer understand each other.

It is not always easy for people with different languages to make progress together because their points of view are always different. For development to take place, people should understand their self properly and have the same mindset.

Culture goes a long way to relate to language this is because every culture has its language and based on the language there are some do and don't of their culture as well. Based on posture and languages there are things accepted in some languages that are not accepted in others.

Yes, I would have preferred writing this very post using my mother's tongue and the reason is that I express myself better using my mother's tongue. There is some expression that if spoken in English doesn't translate the real thing or message we are passing but once express in my mother's tongue I get the exact point.

Promoting my language in the world requires that I translate all the words into an English form or any other form that is understandable by all. I am five the opportunity to do this, I will first ensure that I have it in google and then ensure I have it as add to translators such that if a text is written in any language you can be given the option to translate to Ubanlaku.

Language is very important to all men and can make people achieve a lot in the shortest possible time. Finally, I want to invite @yakspeace, @rad-austine, @dave-hanny and @josepha to join the contest as well.