We are so sensitive when it comes to language issue. We are dare to defend our language as such that we are defending our religion. Yes it is our language and nobody would take the pride, as much as other races love their mother language. But we are given a skill/advantage compared to others because our tongue is unique as it could be stretched to pronounce any words in any language easily. Our tongue is so soft & malleable to say any words correctly. We could speak Arabic very nicely and in proper pronunciation. So do other languages like Chinese, Tamil, French, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Korean etc. That is why we have so many students studying around the world in different languages.
However, in general, due to our pride towards Bahasa Melayu, we are so arrogant not to learn other races language like Chinese Mandarin, Chinese Hokkien or Tamil. We should take the opportunity given to learn those language so that we could communicate better with our friends from other races. We could understand them better and vice versa. There would be less misunderstanding between us and less 'sceptical' towards others. Yes, of course they have to learn Bahasa as it is our national official language and compliment should be given to them as they did it well and sometimes better than Malay when it comes to Bahasa Melayu. A lot of politicians from other races are speaking so well in Bahasa Melayu and much better than Malay politicians.
It is time for us to re-look our arrogant manner and start learning something about other races language. Once we manage to speak or understand a bit of their language, I believe we would feel much better and more confident in dealing with daily matter in regards to racial relationship. Our next generation should be encouraged to learn to speak other languages in their daily life. We have to prepare a better platform for our next generation to live and stay in this country. A lot of improvement in terms of racial relation could be done through languages. A lot of programs could be arranged through languages to promote a warmth atmosphere between multiple races.
This is a more sincere strategy in promoting good relationship between all races in Malaysia, if we are willing to open our eyes to see the truth. We don't have to follow as what Indonesian Government did by introducing a policy of one language for all. We don't want Chinese to lose their identity, same as Indian. We don't want them to be Malay in order to stay in Malaysia. They have the right to preserve their racial identity but together we have to learn other languages so that we could understand better of other people requirement.
Let us open our eyes to see the truth about this language issue. Nobody could take our right on Bahasa Melayu but ownership alone has no value if we are losing other right to stay in this country. Multiple language is the best way to promote prosperity among our multiple races. Still official language is Bahasa Melayu but in real life, we should be encouraged to speak mandarin, hokkien, tamil, iban etc. This is the true Malaysian and the true 1Malaysia.
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