Why don creole language speakers just learn standard English or French, for example?
A. One might have asked this in the days of the Greek and Roman Empires why didn’t everyone learn Greek or Latin? Yes, in all societies, it may be important to master the language of power in order to function in spheres of education, government and so on. But mastering another language and culture does not require the abandonment of one’s mother tongue and culture. There is richness in diversity, and languages are tied up with culture, history and society. To abandon a language is very often to abandon a culture and a society.
