95. Speaking Somali

Hello language Lovers! Thank you for joining me for this episode of Speaking Tongues- the podcast in conversation with multilinguals. This week I am joined in conversation by Sagal, the host of Memnoire podcast to talk about her language of Somali.

Sagal was so much fun to talk to and I had a ton to learn from her. In this conversation we talked about identity with language and how much it matters for language learners of color to see representations of themselves out in the world. We talk about French stereotypes and diversity in France & connecting to Somali culture in London. Sagal tells us about growing up in a Somali speaking home while learning English out in the world. She tells us a story about traveling to see her grandmother and being able to communicate with her in Somali and we even talk about Somali grammar and orthography! We talk about Somali representation in London including the one time of year where you’re likely to run into some big Somali celebrations!

Big thank you to Sagal for sharing parts of your language and culture with us. If you enjoy episodes of Speaking Tongues, don’t forget to subscribe, rate and review the Speaking Tongues Podcast on Apple Podcasts and like and subscribe on YouTube so that other language lovers like ourselves can find the show! And, If you’ve been a long time listener of the show or a recent listener, you can now support the show on Buy Me a Coffee dot com. Patreon extras are coming soon! Links to all platforms are in the show notes! Ok! Let's chat!

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