Hati13:

I think it should be done like this,

• Putting Amharic and Swahili for election. The one that won will be the de facto language.
Democracy

Yeah each country one vote, Somalis hate you guys so theyd vote for Swahili

fanficgirl:

Hahahaha I'm great . I agree what he said kind of annoyed me lol. Isn't Amharic older tham Swahali?

Yes, it's. Amharic exact time of origin isn't unknown, but it definitely originated before 5th century AD.

I've a topic on how Amharic originated. Check it if you want.
https://www.nairaland.com/3803050/origin-amharic-language#56586060

PissedYagami:

Swahili: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, Comoros, DRC, some parts of Somalia, South Sudan, Mozambique etc
Amharic: Ethiopia
Its easier for Swahili to be de facto than Amharic. Plus there are more Ethiopians(mostly Oromos and Somalis) who come to Kenya than Kenyans who go to Ethiopia.
BTW this is a beautiful Swahili song from Rwanda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYZRVpk9uck

But what if East Africa state formed under the nucleus of Ethiopia. If it happened like this, then all of you guys will start to learn Amharic.

Sorry but I can't watch the video. Watching video online here via cellular is a suicide. It's expensive, since out internet speed is low. I will try to watch it when I'm on WIFE.

Hati13:

Yes, it's. Amharic exact time of origin isn't unknown, but it definitely originated before 5th century AD.

I've a topic on how Amharic originated. Check it if you want.
https://www.nairaland.com/3803050/origin-amharic-language#56586060

Pride is a major reason why Ethiopia will never adopt swahili.Even its brand of xtianity has survived down the centuries.

PissedYagami:

Yeah each country one vote, Somalis hate you guys so theyd vote for Swahili

But majority of Somalians like Ethiopia. Walal Artank can tell you that.

We never know. Let just wait and see what will happen. Do you think we will be alive to see it?

Hati13:

But majority of Somalians like Ethiopia. Walal Artank can tell you that.

We never know. Let just wait and see what will happen. Do you think we will be alive to see it?

Naaah they dislike Kenya and Ethiopia, but dislike Kenya less. I can show you a link

mtis:

Huh !! Bobrisky before and after bleaching

Besides bleaching Nigerians love too much makeup.

Dont be fooled by those group photos and studio photoshoots.

For this Bob guy its too disturbing gay men are usually natually pretty for some reason

obaaderemi:
Pride is a major reason why Ethiopia will never adopt swahili.Even its brand of xtianity has survived down the centuries.

It isn't about pride, rather we just don't want to easily let go our ancestors culture.

Hati13:

But what if East Africa state formed under the nucleus of Ethiopia. If it happened like this, then all of you guys will start to learn Amharic.

Sorry but I can't watch the video. Watching video online here via cellular is a suicide. It's expensive, since out internet speed is low. I will try to watch it when I'm on WIFE.

We can try but Swahili is a bigger language, people all over the world learn it, and use it, even in Movies and songs

Hati13:

It isn't about pride, rather we just don't want to easily let go our ancestors culture.

No,you shouldn't.Amharic also has many speakers and if you look at it,Ethiopia is also coming up in terms of economic relevance in East Africa.Kenya's economy is only slightly bigger and it is even poised to take over soon.And although this may be difficult to accept,what holds the economies of the African nations together in terms of language are still the European languages.

obaaderemi:
No,you shouldn't.Amharic also has many speakers and if you look at it,Ethiopia is also coming up in terms of economic relevance in East Africa.Kenya's economy is only slightly bigger and it is even poised to take over soon.And although this may be difficult to accept,what holds the economies of the African nations together in terms of language are still the European languages.

They have overtaken us I guess, but Kenya is more developed and more like a gateway to East Africa. Yeah, we need to replace all those languages with Swahili. Only swahili is African in this list

sHOTdownHawk:
East Africa is not Eastern Africa.
Ethiopia is not in East Africa but in Eastern Africa.
EAC has five countries and Somalia, Ethiopia, South Sudan are not part of it. Ethiopia will never join EAC for obvious reason. So Swahili is pretty much on the rise.

Ethiopia is both East Africa and Eastern Africa. Eastern implies only east of east. Just because Ethiopia isn't member of EAC doesn't mean she isn't East Africa.

obaaderemi:
No,you shouldn't.Amharic also has many speakers and if you look at it,Ethiopia is also coming up in terms of economic relevance in East Africa.Kenya's economy is only slightly bigger and it is even poised to take over soon.And although this may be difficult to accept,what holds the economies of the African nations together in terms of language are still the European languages.

For all the news you hear about the size of the Ethiopian economy being larger, it is only in absolute terms. They have
1. a population twice ours.
2. Economy is almost exclusively state controlled i e a command economy,
3.has no weight beyond her borders (Ethiopia only has one recognized national brand champion viz Ethiopia airways ).
4. A less open society and hence what you receive as info is govt issue knowledge that cannot be peer reviewed.
5. A far far less robust stock exchange than Kenya's.

Contrast that with kenyan firms and brands in the wider east Africa region and you quickly see the wide chasm between the two. Our more democratic system allows for informed debate on economic figures released by govt. Oga, Kenya is the EA dominant force, your dislike of us notwithstanding. y

nemesis2u:


no offense but i beg to differ ,

India is one of the very few civilizations to have a continuous civilizational and cultural existence in one form or the other since prehistoric times , 200 years colonial rule was just a small factor in India's 10000+ years existence.

it is very selfish and biased to compare a country only for its 200 years under colonial rule and ignore the rest,

why nit pick , isnt it a case of being prejudice and obfuscation of facts to suits ones point of view ?

i don't think there is any similarities between Africa and India at any point. Indian history is totally different from African history.

reason being both r unique and different totally when compared to each other.

my generalized perspective (not country specific) below

one reason which i find very sad to note is Africa (post colonial rule) never seriously charted and pursued it own cultural identify, inspite of ample opportunities, without the pride of ownership in ones own African centric religion, way of life , culture , script , literature etc it is difficult to inspire future generations of Africans.

no offense but Africans left their own way of life, culture and their religion and adopted others culture and religion more or less.

why do u think china India japan Korea etc r in a better position ?

"When the missionaries arrived, the Africans had the land and the missionaries had the Bible. They taught us how to pray with our eyes closed. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land." Jomo Kenyatta president of Kenya.

this follow got the issue right by the balls.

Africa had everything from resources to manpower etc to claim its rightful place in the world but unfortunately squandered it away.

much of the blame lies on the African themselves , look at the discussions here on this thread people r busy shitting on each other rather than find common grounds of mutual interest and welfare.

and u all want to become giants in the world SMH . people divided among themselves can never provide the foundation for a strong culture/country/continent/race etc .

lack of common ground / mutual interest in terms of religion / culture / language / way of life etc and importantly solidarity brotherhood and pride of ownership r the biggest hurdles that faces present and future generations of africa.

it is kind of sad really lots of potential wasted and squandered away

Hello Indian.
You made some good sense with your comment buh you spoke as jf Africa was colonized as one politicak entity like India, naaah, we weren't each country had to chart it's course differently and that is why you see some African countries are more progressive than others unlike India that was a single political entity and is progressing uniformly.

Heck, some african countries have retained their cultures so much, other haven't, some use the native languages officially, others don't, some use their own native writing scripts, others don't, some practice their own native religions and others don't.

Our different political histories have shaped us differently.
There are African countries that are far better and more developed than India, there are those that are far worse than India. There are those with a more promising future than India and there are those without.

Hati13:

Ethiopia is both East Africa and Eastern Africa. Eastern implies only east of east. Just because Ethiopia isn't member of EAC doesn't mean she isn't East Africa.

Political and geographic terminology plays a role. For example middle east start from morocco to iran. So its a political defination.Same applies for East and Eastern Africa. Ethiopia is not East Africa.

NairobiWalker:


Nobody said she's curvy. Somebody said she's block shaped which she's not. She's not curvy but she definitely has an awesome hourglass figure. The only reason you peeps claim she's ugly is her complexion.

Just look at that figure.

Here is a picture of Lupitia i saw on the red carpet. What can you say?

sHOTdownHawk:
East Africa is not Eastern Africa.
Ethiopia is not in East Africa but in Eastern Africa.
EAC has five countries and Somalia, Ethiopia, South Sudan are not part of it. Ethiopia will never join EAC for obvious reason. So Swahili is pretty much on the rise.

South Sudan has recently joined.

NairobiWalker:


Those box shaped bodies? lol. Every country has pretty women but it's absurd for a Nigerian to claim they have prettier women.

Holly, claiming Nigerian women have box-shaped bodies is the most absurd claim i have ever heard.

***Meet random everyday Nigerian women

Hati13:

Ethiopia is both East Africa and Eastern Africa. Eastern implies only east of east. Just because Ethiopia isn't member of EAC doesn't mean she isn't East Africa.

Ethiopia with somalia Eritrea and Djibouti are culturally closer to each other. So they form the Horn of Africa which makes Eastern Africa.

Ethiopia is not East Africa. We are a Bantu majority

Muafrika2:

South Sudan has recently joined.

So what is your argument here?

sHOTdownHawk:

So what is your argument here?

Ethiopia might join later..i dont see why not

NairobiWalker:


Kenya is Bantu + Cushitic + Nilotic. If the whole Eastern Africa were one country we would speak Swahili. Southern Somalia are already speaking it and soon Ethiopia would begin considering they've began to open up their economy.

Holly Being of different linguistic groups is not the problem here.
***How many different kingdoms & empires did these groups posses? How many wars did these empires n kingdoms fight against each other before the British came?
We still have those our powerful n highly influential monarchs till date and many Nigerians still identify with their ancestral kingdoms till date.

>>>>>Some Nigerians were already reading, writing n were islamic scholars travelling far n wide before western education came.
The point is that we had almost completely different histories, empires, kingdoms, external influences, orientations e.t.c and the worst part is that no group or affiliation has an absolute majority population, thereby always creating rooms for conflicts as one group/affiliation is always trying to dominate the other.

••••••If Nigeria was predominantly christian or predominantly Bantu like Kenya. Many things wouldn't have been the way they are••••`

genieluv:


Here is a picture of Lupitia i saw on the red carpet. What can you say?

Grainy

Better,



Pretty girl

Hati13:

Ethiopia is both East Africa and Eastern Africa. Eastern implies only east of east. Just because Ethiopia isn't member of EAC doesn't mean she isn't East Africa.

it doesn't matter whether ya East African or not...Tanzania is East African but part of Southern African Development Community (SADC) ..so Hati13 Ethiopia can join EAC any time you want

Muafrika2:

Grainy

Better,

naturally Beautiful an also Rich.. no bleaching ... haters will always hate

mtis:

Ethiopia might join later..i dont see why not

Anybody can join. Anybody can leave too. SA till Egypt. They can all join. Does not change my point. Still whats yours?

Everyday kenyans.

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obaaderemi:
No,you shouldn't.Amharic also has many speakers and if you look at it,Ethiopia is also coming up in terms of economic relevance in East Africa.Kenya's economy is only slightly bigger and it is even poised to take over soon.And although this may be difficult to accept,what holds the economies of the African nations together in terms of language are still the European languages.

Correct

MtuMsuper:

For all the news you hear about the size of the Ethiopian economy being larger, it is only in absolute terms. They have
1. a population twice ours.
2. Economy is almost exclusively state controlled i e a command economy,
3.has no weight beyond her borders (Ethiopia only has one recognized national brand champion viz Ethiopia airways ).
4. A less open society and hence what you receive as info is govt issue knowledge that cannot be peer reviewed.
5. A far far less robust stock exchange than Kenya's.

Contrast that with kenyan firms and brands in the wider east Africa region and you quickly see the wide chasm between the two. Our more democratic system allows for informed debate on economic figures released by govt. Oga, Kenya is the EA dominant force, your dislike of us notwithstanding. y

I didn't even know Ethiopian economy has overtaken Kenya's.That must be a recent thing.That country is very arid and what other brands do you have besides kQ?

mtis:

naturally Beautiful an also Rich.. no bleaching ... haters will always hate

Those bleachers can't hold a candle to this Rich Kenyan beauty

genieluv:


Hello Indian.
You made some good sense with your comment buh you spoke as jf Africa was colonized as one politicak entity like India, naaah, we weren't each country had to chart it's course differently and that is why you see some African countries are more progressive than others unlike India that was a single political entity and is progressing uniformly.

Heck, some african countries have retained their cultures so much, other haven't, some use the native languages officially, others don't, some use their own native writing scripts, others don't, some practice their own native religions and others don't.

Our different political histories have shaped us differently.
There are African countries that are far better and more developed than India, there are those that are far worse than India. There are those with a more promising future than India and there are those without.

Well said

sHOTdownHawk:

So what is your argument here?

Hadn't realized it was anything to argue about.