Today's Poll.....

Which programming language did you learn first?

#TuxAcademy #LearnToCode #ProgrammingPoll #FirstLanguage #TechCommunity #CodeJourney #Student #computerscience

Python
0%
Java
0%
Go
0%
Other
0%
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yes
36.9%
no
57.1%
English is my main language, but I forgot how to speak in my native/first language
2.5%
Prefer not to tell
3.5%
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Lakota instructor Ray Taken Alive on what's lost when you decenter the knowledge of elders who are #FirstLanguage speakers.

Retaining that cultural perspective is the whole point of preserving these languages. If all an outsider records is how to pronounce/spell "window" or "grandfather", you've totally lost the plot.

https://youtu.be/ht3odhx8OJ8

Etymology and morphemes, fear of making Lakota just a dialect of English

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