Comments on: World Cup for Kids: Ghana Profile

By: kidworldcitizen

kidworldcitizen — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 17:00:44 +0000

In reply to karynd. :) Aw, thanks!:) Wow- 47 languages IS an incredible amount of languages in that size of a country! It is amazing and impressive to me that they have been able to maintain the linguistic distinctions. My sister studies Quechua (an indigenous language from Peru) and just made a documentary countering the idea that it is a "dying" language (in fact the docu is called "Living Quechua"). I think it is so important to conserve diverse languages that have been here for centuries, and are losing speakers due to migration, globalization, etc.

By: Glittering Muffins - Alex

Glittering Muffins - Alex — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 15:36:54 +0000

In reply to kidworldcitizen. Colonialism has played a big role pretty much anywhere in the world, be it via the English, the French, Spanish or Portuguese. With the exception of North America, for some reason, football is the biggest sport worldwide. (North) Western Africa has had a lot of influence from both the English and French, whereas the North East, East and South had been mostly colonized by the English and therefore they brought football with them. Hope this helps at least a little :)

By: karynd

karynd — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 20:50:29 +0000

Thanks so much! I felt like I was being picky because your page really is great, but now it feels much better. It always amazes me how many languages (I think it might be 47 total languages, but I forget!) are spoken in a country the size of Oregon. Amazing! (BTW – I’m v. impressed with the speed that you changed that!)

By: kidworldcitizen

kidworldcitizen — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 12:12:46 +0000

In reply to karynd. Oooh, thank you so much!!!! I will add them in. I am passionate about world languages and should have researched that more carefully- thank you SO much for pointing it out!!!

By: karynd

karynd — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 02:23:26 +0000

Nice page! However, I’d like to point out an error in the languages. Ghana officially has (I believe) 11 state sponsored languages (plus many other non-sponsored languages), not just English and Akan.

By: kidworldcitizen

kidworldcitizen — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 18:03:30 +0000

In reply to Leanna Alldonemonkey. Let me ask around and see- I'm not sure, but the European colonies theory sounds right!

By: Leanna Alldonemonkey

Leanna Alldonemonkey — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 05:59:57 +0000

Great post (as usual!) Just wondering if you know why so many of the soccer teams from Africa seem to come from the same region. Is that always the case? I read once that soccer was popular in South America because of the influence of the British who were there building railroads. Something similar going on here?