Your "mother tongue" is your first language, the language your mother would have spoken to you as a child and that would be your natural instinctive language.
In the story "Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan, the narrator poses as her mother on the phone to ensure that her mother receives the respect and attention she deserves from others, given her mother's limited English proficiency. By acting as a mediator in these phone conversations, the narrator helps bridge communication barriers and ensures that her mother is understood and treated with respect.
reaction paper about mother tongue
Her mother tongue is 'Tulu'.
The Mother Tongue has 279 pages.
The Mother Tongue was created in 1990-07.
== In this case tongue means language. It is called mother tongue because it is the language spoken by the mother country in which you were born. In multilingual societies like Nigeria, Ghana and most African countries, mother tongue cannot refer to only the language spoken by the mother country. Mother tongue would mean the language the mother or caretaker passes on to the child. The assumption is that children grow under the eye of their mothers, hence mother tongue.
Sunil Gavaskar's Mother tongue is Konkani
Spanish is the mother tongue but many do speak English.
The ISBN of The Mother Tongue is 0-380-71543-0.
Rahul Dravid's mother tongue is Kannada.
Yes it is, tongue and mother tongue as a synonym.
Your mother tongue is the language you grew up speaking. For most people, that would be the language their mother speaks.