why do americans give up their homeland language forevr for english?

Answer 1

~Maybe to get a job, pass a citizenship or otherwise assimilate into and survive in an English speaking society.
You are so right. Why should they have to. I'm thinking of living in China for awile and, if I do, I fully expect that everyone there will stop speaking that gibberish they speak and they will learn English to accomodate me.

Answer 2

When people move to America, they don't give up their homeland language altogether, but when in public and when conducting business at any level with people other than their own heritage, it is better to speak the common language of their NEW home - if they want to live in a country, the official or commonly designated language should be learned regardless of which country it is, out of respect to that country's citizens. Language is for communication - and if people speak different languages that flow of communication is not at its peak. Those of us born here - and that makes me a native American regardless of where any ancestors came from and no matter what people who think everything must be politically correct nowadays want to say about that - already speak the common designated language - and this is our homeland.

Answer 3

Since English is the language of the United States, most people who come here from a non-English speaking country try to learn English so they can become productive. These people usually retain their homeland language and speak it within their community. Sadly, what happens so often is that each generation forgets its root language.

Answer 4

English IS the homeland language. Speaking English is part of being an American. If you dont love our language, don't move here.

Answer 5

Some native amercains feel they don't have a choice, others the language is praciticaly dead, because so few people are left that speak it. Many native American's felt they were forced to give it up and speak English. They may very well have been weather it was intenional or not is another question. There are case of both.

Answer 6

When you target a question towards Americans, understand that there are North Americans and South Americans; both are considered Americans. The Americas are 2 of the earth's continents, therefore, you are talking about the mainlands/homelands of many countries and different cultures, different languages and dialects. Either you are ignorant and uneducated, or you are a racist piehole indoctrinated by society. Either way, you are sad and bring a frown to my face.

Answer 7

Well being a Scot first, I did speak English, my native tongue, being only spoken by a few.
But I did have to change my manner of speech and pronunciations as most Brits have to do. I assume it's the same for most immigrants.
You need to be understood, when you talk to people, and if you are constantly asked, what a word means, you soon stop using that word.
If you wish to do well, in the United States you need to know the language and speak it fairly well. If you don't you will always be on the lower rungs of society.
But you don't really lose your native tongue, when you meet fellow countrymen, you slip right back into it. So you really become bi-lingual.

Answer 8

In effort to adopt to the American culture, some but certainly not all foreigners stop using their native language and speak only in English. It is much more common for new people in the United States to learn English, but continue to speak their native language at home and with other people of their same heritage in their new community.

Answer 9

Because English is the language of the world

Answer 10

MANY PEOPLE ANSWERING!!!!! HELLLLLLLLLLO???????

I believe that the question is in regards to Native American languages. (Perhaps I'm the idiot and the only one reading it that way????)

Under that belief:...... The people who came here and took over were not interested in the least in learning the native tongues (or at least not many of them were). Most coming from England in the beginning brought that language with them and it has stayed.

Many tribes with countless dialects.... And for the most part the new settlers simply were not intelligent enough to comprehend most of them! During WWll many of the communications the US armed forces had WERE native american, specifically due to their language being so extremely difficult to learn and cipher! Its my understanding that NOT ONCE did the axis powers ever break any of the codes which were in native american!

Currently, I really don't think there's still very much interest in most americans learning the native languages.... and for the reasons!!! Now, I believe that many of them have been lost forever and/or have been mutated. :(

Answer 11

Because were Americans and our homeland language is English.