LANGUAGE:
Language is identity of a person. Language is only the dominant, puissant and the omnipotent weapon which preserves and perpetuates our culture. Nobody can come to know about your culture without knowing the language. It is our Language and culture which distinguishes us from other people. our language promotes our culture, our tradition and code of our culture.our language is not only the mean of existence of our culture but the existence of our lives,too. As it is said by Helene Cixous that the life and death are under the power of language. Language is the life and Language is the death.
Many countries came into existence on the basis of their language. As the cessation of East Pakistan presently Bangladesh broke out because of her language, culture and tradition, nevertheless, not on the basis of religion.mostly, it is said by many scholars that in order to enervate a country and so as to delete the beingness and entity of the country so try to destroy the language the history, the culture, the tradition each and everything will get lost on its own.
COLONIALISM:
Colonialism is the act of power of occupying the nation and declaring it as its own nation. Colonialism is the power of curbing the sovereignty of indigenous people and commanding over the nation. Perhaps, one could possibly say that Colonialism refers to the policy or practice of a country extending its control over other territories, often through military force or economic dominance, and maintaining political, economic, and cultural control over those territories. The relation which breaks out between colonialist and the native people of the nation is the relation of barbarism and feudalism. The relation of king and slave. The relation of master and servant.
Truly, it was said by Chadwick Boseman that colonialism is the cousin of Slavery.
COLONY:
The nation or a Country which rhe colonialists possess politically, socially and geographically and then govern the nation or even command over the native people of the nation and make them their slaves and exploit all the resources of the nation forcibly so the occupied nation is said to be the colony.
while the occupiers are known as colonizers.
EXPLOITATION:
Exploitation means to purloin and filch the resources of colony and to plifer the diligence of the tenemental people. Colonialist exploit all the nation. However,it takes the lion share of exploitation. The indigenous people,who move heaven and earth and work at a stretch, get nothing but barbarism.
COLONIALISM AND THE DEATH OF LANGUAGES
Mostly, we have listent that only the aim of colonialists is to plunder the wealth of the other independent nation and exploit all the precious resources of the colonies and then invest all the resources on its own country but colonialism not only exploits all these resources. Although it kills and buries the genuine language of the nation. The ordinary elements responsible for the death of language is colonialism.
The biggest example of colonialism is the European colonialization. 15th century,which was said to be the Renaissance period of European nations. When Spain and Portugal both segregated the world by signing the treaty of tordisillas on 7 june 1494,they promulgated the absolute and authenticate European counterclaim on the hegemony.Britain,Spain,France and Portugal colonized the most of the countries. Nevertheless,Spain was much powerful and colonized North and South America.The colonial English Language was imposed on the indigenous people of North and South America.Colonizers forbade the indigenous people to speak in their own mother Tongue. The one who talked was beaten or tortured. During 16th to 19th century,most of the colonies adopted the colonial languages.As South Africa declared European language as her national language. Because of European colonialization in 15th century,the language of North America”Tiano” died and it was replaced by Spanish and many other languages like English and French.In 15th century, colonizers moved heaven and earth so as to kill the Quechua language of South America. However, it was not impacted that time. Eventhough in 16th century with the arrival of Spanish,the quechua language also died.
Similarly, in 1942 Japan colonialized the Korea. So the Japanese warned the koreans not to speak in their mother tongue. The Korean language was endangered during japanese colonialization. They just wanted to kill their identity and eradicate their culture.
Since 1950,the Languages exist throughout the world has declined.Among 7000 languages,the number of dead languages can be 2600. So,we can estimate that how our national languages and the official languages are going towards dark valley of death. 100% i see eye to eye the relation of colonialism and the death of language is going on since the creation of this world.
In 7th Century, the Arabs,when conquered the Egypt,the coptic language initiated dying steadily. The old 15 years old language died and the Arabic took place of Coptic language.
Secondly, the Sanskrit language,which was the Indians subcontinent language, it was in danger. When in 11th century the Muslims ruled over India due to which the Muslims tried to change the Sanskrit into Arabic. Though after the withdrawal of Muslims. The British took control over India and then the British replaced Sanskrit into English.As a result Indian literature, which was barely connected with Sanskrit language, denied.
BALOCHI LANGUAGE AND THE LINGUISTICS:
The Balochi Language, which is mostly spoken in Balochistan, is also spoken in other provinces of Pakistan. Balochi language has prevailed in many countries like Iran in Sistan Balochistan, In Afghanistan, In India, In United Arab Emirates and so many other countries. Balochi Language, which is barely said to be the national language of Balochistan, was on priority in Balochistan just because of the prominent poets, writer and linguistics like Syed Zahoor Shah Hashmi, Atta Ahad, Munir Momin and Gul khan Naseer, Mubarik Qazi and many others,who struggled alot for the promotion of Balochi Language. Some of them are still struggling for the Balochi Language.
The one who did day and night for the priority and the promotion of Balochi Language is Syed Zahoor Shah Hashmi. He was born on 21st April 1926. He traipsed all over the world only to explore Balochi Language. He wrote many Books on Balochi language like “Balochi Bungeji”,”Balochi syahag a rast nibisag”,”Balochi zuban o Adab ki thareekh”and many more. Not only this but he also wrote many dictionaries of Balochi Language. He struggled at a stretch and devoted his entire life only for advancement of Balochi Language.
Atta Shad was also one of those renowned poets and writers who imposed new spirit in the Balochi language. He was born on 1st November 1939. Atta Shad wrote many books in Balochi so as to explore Balochi Language as one of the official and national languages. Some of his books which he wrote for the ennoblement of Balochi Language are “Rochgir”,”Shap Sahar Andem”,”jawansaal”and so on.By the titles of Books we can get to know how he worked for Balochi Language.
Presently,The most prominent poet Mubarak Qazi who has been also dedicating his whole life for the advancement and development of Balochi Language. He was born on 24th December 1956. He wrote alot of books in the love of Balochistan. In my perspective,he is not only the poet or a writer but the best leader for me,too. His Famous Books are “cholan darya yal dathag”,”Gisa wathar kanag lotan”,”shakkale jorani barwardh” and many other books. Mostly, he wrote the poetries in Balochi Language.
BALOCHI LANGUAGE AFFECTED BY COLONIALISM:
The coloniazers like British,USA,Pakistan has engulfed Balochistan by exploiting the resources of Balochistan. However,the Balochi Language is barely affected by these colonizers. Balochi Language itself is a worth living and a valuable language in Balochistan but the language like urdu and English has impinged the Balochi Language. 100% i see eye to eye what Dr Naguman has said “urdu language is the knife in the hands of Pakistani”. obviously,it is glaring that in universities. In colleges,in schools the official language like Balochi is not taught even not in Balochistan.The baloch students who has done PhD ,Mphil,CSS even do not know a single letter of Balochi. They were being completely far from balochi language. If i talk,me, myself being a Baloch do not know pure balochi language. I even can’t read and write balochi properly because from childhood i was taught English and Urdu though not balochi.Apart all this now-a-days the poet and writers don’t write in Balochi but in English and urdu.where i stand i think in the couple of years,Balochi Language will lose its existence. Because the language dies when it loses its last native speaker. Obviously,the balochi language has lost his last indigenous speaker.
The only weapon to eradicate the Colonialism is Education and the way to preserve the languages is to speak,read and write in our mother tongues.
In this way our language, our culture and our tradition will get a place in this world otherwise not.
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