#like im feeling this intimacy learning creole? like its such a huge language but its smaller than many big knes | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

fellasleepinbaltimore · 2 years ago

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I feel like I need to add an indigenous language to my repertoire cos like english, spanish, portuguese, haitian creole, JJYHHHH like baby im attaining the most spoken languages in the americas but like obvi colonial languages are overrepresented imo....

#its just like idk when id ever use those languages #i mean bc i dont specialize in a specific region #like if i learned kichwa or guarani or nahuatl or dine bizaad or even like mi'kmaq #i feel like there'd be responsibility in that that feels heavy??#like it feels shallow bc in all honesty i have no reason to know them other than like #coursery knowledge which i am interested in but idk #it makes me sad to think the most spoken languages the most valued languages are not even languages from here really #like im feeling this intimacy learning creole? like its such a huge language but its smaller than many big knes #and it feels a bit different now #if i learn an even smaller language im just apprehensive about it bc ill feel guilty if i ever decide go walk away #learning a language that has a smaller community is just different like #and it kinda scares me #its not even that im disinterested #i just think maybe im not interested in the way those languages deserve??? if that makes sense??#i dont have the burning desire and need to learn most languages like i did my second language #my interest is usually cultural and my persistence shallow #i just like wandering through ig but idk if thats fair to languages that are vulnerable or endangered like #fucking first world tourist vibes #gross #idk this was more a thought i been having so #like it makes me guilty and ashamed and embarrassed no matter how i think about it

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