Mother tongue.

[muqawwee123]

Re: Mother tongue.

@TLK

Concept of mother tongue is only valid if generation after generations are living in the same region. Urdu could be my mother tongue, but go back 5 generations and I am sure my forefathers were speaking a totally different language (Sanskrit, Arabic, farsi etc). Same with our kids. I can force my kids to keep Urdu as their primary language, but what about their kids and kids after them?

TLK if we link our kids with our culture through language, may be, in return they also want their children to use the same language.

I do agree with your point of generation living in same region. If one or two generation lost link with the region, then its hard to stick to the language.