Is it rude to speak in your own language when others are present?

[Le_Pakistan]

Re: Is it rude to speak in your own language when others are present?

@Deeba1234

I have an Indian friend whose mum doesn’t speak much English and when they went to hospital and saw a Punjabi doctor they tried to get him to speak the language but he refused.. Would that be considered rude by most people or understandable?

That is rude and dumb of him.

Why did he refuse to speak to them in punjabi?