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Culture, like language, involves an essentially arbitrary selection
from a universe of possibilities; culture, like language, is
patterned: individual traits are meaningless when considered in
isolation; culture, like language, is ordered by a complex yet
unconscious system of rules, "an elaborate and secret code that
is written nowhere, known by none, and understood by all".
(Sapir, 1927:556).
Nawubulala lulwimi usuke ubulala emasiko. Lulwimi nemasiko kuyintfo
yinye lengeke ukwati kuyehlukanisa. Ngelishwa baholi bakitsi abakuboni
loku, kubo lulwimi Iwetifikanamtfwalo ngulo lolubalulekile. Mengameli
wekucala waseSenegal emva kwendiphethe, Leopold Sedar Senghor,
usibonelo lesihle kutsi baholi be-Afrika balutsandza njani lulwimi Iwetifiki
ubikwa atsi: -,
First of all, to replace French as the official language and as a
language of education is neither desirable nor possible. If, at
least, we do not want to be late in arriving at the rendezvous of
the year 2000. Indeed, we would require a period of two
generations for us to be able to make one of our national
languages an efficient tool for the teaching of the sciences and
technology. And this would depend on the availability of
financial and human resources that is, highly qualified scientists
and technicians. However, in this second half of the twentieth
century, forty to fifty years of backwardness cannot be wiped
off.
(Dumont, 1983:207).
Banyenti baholi labanaleligciwane lelifana nalowekunene labadzinga
kwelashwa. Phela umbono lofana nalo longenhla ufana ncamashi nekubulala
sive. Uma ngabe lolulwimi nobe tilwimi tendzabuko tingasasetjentiswa kusho
kona kulahlekelwa bungitsi. Kona imphucuko siyayifuna kepha hhayi kutsi
silahlekelwe bungitsi. lllwimi tetfu tingumcebo lesashiyelwa wona bokhokho
betfu labasigcinela Iona kanye nemasiko lesikhuluma nyalo asebukelwa
phansi. Baholi bakitsi babona lulwimi Iwetifiki lungilo lolungashesha
luphucule sive. Kungulo lolungaletsa simanjemanje. Kungako nje
Bamgbose, (2000:1) atsi:
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