Diasporas and Language by Jaine Beswick (B.Ed. First Year)
Summary
The word diaspora comes from the Greek word diaspeirein, meaning to scatter, to disperse or scattering. People scatter from their homeland to different places of the world with them they spread their culture too. In ancient times only those people who were exiled from their country had to leave their homeland and lived in another country. Today migration has become largely voluntary ( of one's choice ). Even Nepali people want to migrate to the US, Hong Kong or Canada willingly. They are called non-resident Nepali, those that do not reside within the country of origin.
The diaspora had become victim of circumstances (situation) like being unable to mix with host culture, not getting good job opportunities, discrimination from host society members, psychological stress, nostalgia, language problem, identity crisis, etc. Despite all these problems diaspora has several opportunities to learn host language and culture and to acquire different facilities.
The native language of the migrant or diaspora community is called heritage language and the language used by the host community (the people of that county) is the host language. mixture of these two languages is known as a hybrid or mixed language.
To minimize social, cultural, and linguistic differences within minority groups including Diasporas in the 18th century, the concept of linguistic homogeneity (भाषिक एकरूपता) originated. It was the concept of "one nation, one state, one language." This ideology or concept was soon replaced by multiculturalism because no diaspora shared a similar culture. They did not agree to adopt the same language because they all had different languages and cultures.
The migrants who lived together in the same neighbourhood of the host country were able to maintain their origin culture, tradition, and language. It helped them to feel free from being victims in a foreign county. Nowadays, migrants with the help of the internet feel connected with their originality.
The first generation of migrants uses heritage language in all contexts (circumstances). The second generation uses heritage language in the house and host language elsewhere. The third generation uses host language in all contexts.
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