Setswana A language on its deathbed? (Part 2)

The way Setswana is gradually getting relegated to the backburner is reflective of the route normally taken by languages on the highway to death.

Apart from incidents of massive natural disasters and wars that result in displacement of communities, languages do not normally suffer sudden death.

This is often a long process. For us, it has already started with some children no longer learning Setswana because of their preference for English. In time more and more children might do the same until a few children can speak Setswana. By the time we wake up, we may find that the youngest Setswana speaking people are the oldest.

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