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

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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..

I have a similar point of view. I grew up speaking both urdu and english but I’d consider english my mother tongue because its the language i use 99% of the time and its the one I think in too. I grew up around arabs so I had more of a focus on islamic culture than a culture specific to a nationality.

For my own kids, I’d also focus on the islamic culture. Its not a big deal to me because even today the biggest pakistani influence in my daily life is maybe the food. I rarely wear the clothes and speak urdu/punjabi infrequently so there’s not much for them to pick up. I suppose they could pick up stuff from my parents which is fine, but I won’t be pushing them towards it.