How important is your mother tongue for you & future generations?

[zainykhan]

Re: How important is your mother tongue for you & future generations?

@Deeba1234

I know I’m in the minority but it isn’t a priority for me..

My hubby doesn’t speak either of my mother tongues (apart from a few basic pleasantries) and it doesn’t bother me.. All my elders + extended family speak English and various other languages.. I’m not really into culture and my family have tended to move around a lot.. It doesn’t hold any extra significance to me..

That’s okay, everyone’s entitled to their own opinion. A lot of my friends here feel the same way.

But I am just curious to know whether you would consider it a skill to know another language. Have you or anyone in the family taken up learning another language at school/college ie: french, Spanish etc?

Also do you proclaim yourself as America/Canadian/English (depending on where you live).. Like if someone asks you where are you from? What do you say?