, of this tradition maybe, or some other reasons as well, Sherdukpen elder people can speak both ways: the slow speech, and the quick normal speech. When you ask a question, they will slow down and explain, because slow speech maintained very clearly the component units of the words

, This is not exactly being bilingual; it is something different, because slow speech and quick speech ARE the same language. Culture is most aptly described, perhaps a bit provocatively: having several cultures. When you are not the child of only one world, when you are able to look at your birth-place with love and with distance, when you can play with the instruments of intelligence, Quick speech may give us an idea of what will be the language soon