I happened to speak to a friend one of these days and it so happened that I started talking to him in Sindhi, just with the purpose of annoying him because he wouldn't understand what I am saying because he is not a Sindhi. Sindhi is a funny language just as is English. Now, there are many words whose pronunciation can't be figured out just by reading them. In fact, once you know how its pronounced you'll still require a lot of practice to ge it correct.Like, dado, though it may seem simple, but to pronounce it correctly one has to be talented enough. It involves a queer synchronised movement of your tongue and the vocal chords in the throat. And, yes some of it has to come from the nose too.
I realised how interesting it would be to learn this language when I was trying to make my aforementioned friend understand how he'll need to employ all his phonetic skills to say this word.
Its a dying language unfortunately(even though its dying a slow death, but it is dying). My mother made uncountable attempts to induce me to learning it but all in vain. I don't blame myself completely for it. It was also the influence of my cousins who were always strictly against learning it (for reasons I never understood).
Moreover, its not only Sindhi thats disappearing from people's memories, there are actually many more (That need to be preserved, as is obvious from the point I am trying to make and from my inclination to devote an entire article to the subject).
I think i'll try to learn the language and also teach my children(if ever there are any, that is) the same no matter how much they grumble or frown at it; because we need to keep alive our culture (if not traditions).
PS:The two reasons that I can remeber which my cousins gave for not learning the language are:
one: People who wear cargos and talk in Sindhi are weird.( I was in full agreement with this at that point of time)
two: The language doesn't sound normal. (Normal is his favorite word he uses it for everything even for dal)
I realised how interesting it would be to learn this language when I was trying to make my aforementioned friend understand how he'll need to employ all his phonetic skills to say this word.
Its a dying language unfortunately(even though its dying a slow death, but it is dying). My mother made uncountable attempts to induce me to learning it but all in vain. I don't blame myself completely for it. It was also the influence of my cousins who were always strictly against learning it (for reasons I never understood).
Moreover, its not only Sindhi thats disappearing from people's memories, there are actually many more (That need to be preserved, as is obvious from the point I am trying to make and from my inclination to devote an entire article to the subject).
I think i'll try to learn the language and also teach my children(if ever there are any, that is) the same no matter how much they grumble or frown at it; because we need to keep alive our culture (if not traditions).
PS:The two reasons that I can remeber which my cousins gave for not learning the language are:
one: People who wear cargos and talk in Sindhi are weird.( I was in full agreement with this at that point of time)
two: The language doesn't sound normal. (Normal is his favorite word he uses it for everything even for dal)
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