multiple languages

       When it comes to Language Anzuldua feels that language has to do with the way a person can feel. I think that what Anzuldua says about creating a language is true in a way because language interacts with time and place and helps  identify someone's place of origin or perhaps background. It is a reality that many languages exist and are spoken like French, Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, etc. And of course the two in discussion here which are English and Spanish. We often think of English as being in America or being An American this is belonging to the U.S. But in reality we often ignore that some of this unique languages have their own versions of the language if we can say it that way.



         This article on Taming a Wild Tongue  by Anzaldua is as real as a language is. The question is why? I myself that Spanish is my home language and that had to learn English as a second language, have experienced  many of the examples that Anzaldua talks about in her article. For example I've meet people that say they don't speak Spanish because they don't want to be rejected by the English speaking community feeling that by speaking Spanish devaluates their personality or identity. A few times I've talk to someone in Spanish and they respond back in English. you might think well that doesn't mean they're ashamed of it, it may not all the time but when you're in that moment you can always tell if it is or not and I have experienced it. Ray Gwyn Smith said "Who is to say that robbing a people of its language is les violent that war?"

      
          Anzaldua said "Ethnic Identity is twin skin to linguistic identity-I am my language" some powerful words this are. Anzaldua is trying to teach us that speaking to different languages or more should be a reason to rejoice and celebrate rather than to to be ashamed or embarrassed about it. that being of many languages should make people proud not inferior. Anzaldua said "I will have my voice Indian, Spanish, White".  Having a talent or in this case knowing a language and not using it I think its a waste. knowing two languages is always better than just one, even if it is two different ways of speaking the same language. Anzaldua gives us a list of her different ways of speaking Spanish with different people too. She says I would speak standard Spanish with some people and standard Mexican Spanish some other people also.

         Jamila Lyiscott in her speech video 3 languages htt://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9fmj5xq_mc she talks about her opinion on speaking 3 languages and how she can change from one to the other depending  with the company she is with . Her point of view is that rather than being ashamed of communicating in a different language though the same just different quality of it from occasion to occasion, she's proud of it and even claims to be trilingual, her native language, slang English and formal English.there is no doubt language is a very impotant part of one's personality or identity. By one's language we can learn and determine people's place of origin, tradition, culture etc.