"මවු බස" හි සංශෝධන අතර වෙනස්කම්

{{සැකිල්ල:පරිවර්ථනය කළ යුතු}}

 

== සබැඳි වචන ==

In some countries such as [[Kenya]] and [[India]], "mother tongue" is used to indicate the language of one's [[ethnic group]] (ethnic tongue), in both common and journalistic parlance (e.g. 'I have no apologies for not learning my mother tongue', rather than one's first language. A similar usage of the term was employed in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] in the early-to-mid twentieth century, with [[Irish Language|Irish]] being referred to as the "mother tongue" of all [[Irish people]], even of those whose first language was [[English language|English]]. Also in [[Singapore]], "mother tongue" refers to the language of one's [[ethnic group]] regardless of actual proficiency, while the "first language" refers to the English language, which is the [[lingua franca]] for most post-independence Singaporeans due to its use as the language of instruction in government schools and as a working language despite it not being a native tongue for most Singaporeans.

 

[[J. R. R. Tolkien]] in his 1955 lecture ''[[English and Welsh]]'' distinguishes the "native tongue" from the "cradle tongue", the latter being the language one happens to learn during early childhood, while one's true "native tongue" may be different, possibly determined by an [[genetic memory|inherited linguistic taste]], and may later in life be discovered by a strong emotional affinity to a specific dialect (Tolkien personally confessed to such an affinity to the [[Middle English]] of the [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]] in particular).

 

One can have two or more native languages, thus being a native [[bilingual]] or indeed ''[[Multilingualism|multilingual]]''. The order in which these languages are learned is not necessarily the order of proficiency. For instance, a [[French language|French]]-speaking couple might have a daughter who learned French first, then [[English language|English]]; but if she were to grow up in an English speaking country, she would likely be proficient in English.

 

 

== Definitions ==

*Definition based on function: the language(s) one uses most.

 

* [[Child Of Deaf Adult]]

* [[Human speechome project]] at MIT

* [[Third Culture Kids]]

 

 

<references/>

 

 

[[af:Moedertaal]]

[[arz:اللغة الام]]

[[ast:Llingua materna]]

[[bn:মাতৃভাষা]]

[[br:Yezh vamm]]