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

[Le_Pakistan]

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

@Khalil KhaaN FaaKhta

i think teaching our ancestral language to kid may be important for us but NOT for the kids. they will hardly speak among themselves. besides, a few generations down the road, the children of overseas Desis will have NO contact with back home, let alone interacting with them in a common language.

i will NOT force my children to speak Urdu because i see no use for them. i would rather teach them Arabic to help them in understanding their religion better.

Most kids of the new generation who don’t know their ancestor’s/parent’s language and/or have minimal to no contact with their roots, have this disconnection because their parents had the same thinking as you. Because their parents didn’t find it important that their kids know urdu or whatever language they speak. So if the parents wont make any efforts, it is logical that the children wont do that either.

Same goes for your comment that a few generations down the road children of overseas desis will have NO contact with back home will be because of the same reason. If their parents never make an effort and instill the idea in their mind that it holds no importance. Then why would the kids be bothered about it?

I understand that the later generations wont have the same connection with back home as there is now. But a total disconnection only happens when you teach (or should I say don’t) your kids about it.

And teaching your kids a language is never gone wasted. It will always be of some sort of use.