The suggestion was to demote the native language in favor of english since english had the knowledge. My point was to elevate the native language by bringing th

The suggestion was to demote the native language in favor of english since english had the knowledge. My point was to elevate the native language by bringing that knowledge ( english, arabic, russian, chinese, french, etc ) into your native language. > it was to prefer English over Swahili as a 'lingua-franca' across regions. That's what I'm against. And it's a good thing england didn't prefer french ( lingua-franca ) over its native language or we'd all be speaking french. It's a good thing descartes was translated into english rather than everyone speaking french. From a practical standpoint, it just makes sense to prioritize your native language.