Hey bloger’s,

   As a Manangae teen and a part of Nepal , where English has taken over all the cultures of Nepal and it has come into my realization how much of an affect English as the lingua franca of the world has made  on my culture and my heritage as well as all the other cultures in Nepal . English is widely spoken all around the world and from the internet to trading and everything English is the language used. It is very hard to speak my mother tongue and when I try to speak my mother tongue I tend to make a lot of grammatical errors and suffer discomfort while speaking it.  We have learnt in TOK that how we tend to always think in English and then translate it in our minds and make a lot of mistakes while speaking it in our mother tongue.

The language of English is like a communicable disease and has spread all over the world by missionaries and etc. Such as in India, after the British left the country, they realized that the language of English was an important factor they brought into India and it is due to that India has come to be known as one of the leading countries in the world. There are also other countries such as China, Africa in which the language of English has taken over but have developed it in their own accent. English is so important and necessary in this modern world, that every president, prime minister, government of countries have broken laws and gone against the religious heritage of that country in order to make the youth of that country a necessary English speaking and learning country.

My parents always tell me  that I should get engaged more into the society of Managaes and focus more on the language and things going around the society, but as a modern child  I made my own decision to stay away from the Managae society functions and cultures and be more active towards the us world and follow their activities and functions and cultures, cause later on in my life it is English language that will get me IB diploma at the first place , a college, a job and for communication skills. I always go against my parents in this matter and encourage my parents as well as my grandparents that they too should learn English, by which they can be well aware of the things going around the world. I strongly believe that the gap that has been created between the younger generation and the older generation is a good thing as it will help us to have a brighter future. There are still kids and teens of my age who are forced to learn their mother tongue and follow their own cultures and not English. On this modern world no one can afford not to learn English in other to do something. It is really hard for me, when I try to communicate with my grandparents, they do not understand English and it is very hard for me think in English and speak it out in Manangae. There are not even specified words in the Manangae language, like there is no word for dinner and many other things. Because of this it is really hard to communicate and try to express what I feel and want to say to my grandparents and it is not a big problem for me only, but for majority of the Nepalese. They also tend to think that the trend, fashion, culture we follow is a bad thing since they have bring brought up with such strict and cultural rules

We should not think that taking ones culture as second language as a bad thing, or the gap that has been created, it has been said that after ten to twenty years later, English will take over almost all the places in the world. Words like “yes” “no” are so familiar to almost every language. English has spread itself around the world and people are all trying to learn English as a part of their school or college or even outside so that communication gap between people isn’t created. Till date I have been asked to follow and learn the language and cultures of my parents, but I take pride in learning English and it cultures. Although I get a lot of criticism from the older generation, I realize the loss of culture but along with that I am learing something new each day. The English language has been a parasitic language and is a parasitic language due to this it is easy for everyone to adapt to its culture. The flexibility of the language is high and how it includes words from Latin, Sanskrit, Arabic, etcetera, makes it even more comfortable to use. Considering the twenty first century and the lifestyle that we have adapted to and live in, we have to follow the English language and not some cultural language and till date there are places where people are not allowed to talk English or take it as a offense if someone of that place does talk so. In conclusion, I would say that the loss of my culture is a sad thing, however being a part of a culture which helps me be a citizen of a global village compensates to my loss.