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"Orang Malaysia Ada Keupayaan Menguasai Pelbagai Bahasa"
Ditulis oleh: Ayman Rashdan Wong
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#MarcapadaDunia #Bahasa #Malaysia #Melayu #Jepun #Cina #Perancis #Languages #Indonesia #Tamil #Mandarin #Filipino #Nusantara #Asia
Ditulis oleh: Ayman Rashdan Wong
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#MarcapadaDunia #Bahasa #Malaysia #Melayu #Jepun #Cina #Perancis #Languages #Indonesia #Tamil #Mandarin #Filipino #Nusantara #Asia
Orang Malaysia sebenarnya berpotensi besar untuk jadi "multilingual" (mahir 3-6 bahasa) malah boleh jadi "polyglot" atau "hyperglot" (mahir 10-20 bahasa).
Sebab kita dari kecil dah didedahkan kepada pelbagai bahasa dari rumpun etnik yang berbeza, otak kita lebih mudah adapt kepada bahasa asing berbanding warga negara lain. Lainlah kalau kau membesar di Canada atau Australia jadi kau hanya pandai bahasa Anglais saja.
Many families (mine included) face tough decisions on what #languages to speak at home. There's a lot of #myths about early #bilingualism , like:
-Kids will get confused
-They'll have lang delays
-They won't learn the majority/dominant language
More info: hanen.org/Helpful-Info/A…
-Kids will get confused
-They'll have lang delays
-They won't learn the majority/dominant language
More info: hanen.org/Helpful-Info/A…
In my family, my dad spoke #arabic and my mom spoke #english. My dad was concerned about me learning English so after about 5 y/o, we hardly spoke Arabic. Since I didn't have any Arabic-speaking peers or teachers, my Arabic suffered attrition and now I understand, but not speak
My case isn't uncommon either-many early #bilinguals and #heritagespeakers often don't have the linguistic support systems (at home or in school) to maintain their languages, due to factors such as lang myths, discrimination, lang policy in schools, etc
About 1/3 of you guessed right: #AmericanEnglish has about 14 vowel sounds. Here's a chart with 15 vowels (from #ucla) with examples and their #phonetic symbols (#ipa). The IPA is useful but controversial since there are euro-centric biases in its representation.
#vowels are cool since the range of them is huge. Some languages, like #hawaiian have 3, while #xoo has 31.
Usually, the less sounds in a language, the more complex the tone or word structure and the reverse.
Check out info on your language's sounds: phoible.org!
Usually, the less sounds in a language, the more complex the tone or word structure and the reverse.
Check out info on your language's sounds: phoible.org!
CORRECTION: #hawaiian has 5 vowels. Oops. However, many other #languages have 3 vowel systems, like #cheyenne
