What is the meaning of mothers tongue?

What is the meaning of mothers tongue?

Definition. Mother tongue refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the person at the time the data was collected. If the person no longer understands the first language learned, the mother tongue is the second language learned.

Can a person have 2 mother tongue?

Children growing up in bilingual homes can, according to this definition, have more than one mother tongue or native language. If a couple has a child and chooses to speak both English and French in the home, that child would have two native languages.

What is the difference between language and mother tongue?

Home language is what you speak at home, and what your parents spoke to you growing up, or other languages that were used regularly at home. Mother tongue is the language of where you live, it can be the national language, a dialect, etc.

What is the mother tongue of parents?

Traditionally, bilingualism research used the term “Mother Tongue” to describe the language spoken by the mother. Because there is no use of “Father Tongue” there is an implication that the language that the father speaks is of lesser importance.

What is mother tongue India?

Hindi
English
India/Official languages

What is the role of mother tongue in education?

Using mother tongue helps a child develop their critical thinking and literacy skills. Research shows that children learning in mother tongue adopt a better understanding of the curriculum. Skills learnt in mother tongue do not have to be re-taught when when the child transfers to a second language.

Is there a father tongue?

Native English speaking linguists generally do not talk of languages being “tongues”, so as a technical term, “father tongue” is unusual. You may encounter it in non-technical contexts as in the Gogo / Pare example, or as a somewhat quirky term for a language revitalization effort (read about the project name here).

Is mother tongue your first language?

There is no significant difference between mother tongue and first language since both refer to a person’s native language. However, in some contexts, mother tongue refers to the language of one’s ethnic group, rather than one’s first language.

What is the difference between mother tongue and lingua franca?

A lingua franca is a language that you consciously learn because you need to, because you want to. A mother tongue is a language that you learn because you can’t help it.

What is your mother tongue in India?

2011 Census India