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Unfortunately, English IS my mother tongue.

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What is the difference between a mother tongue and a native language?

A mother tongue refers to the first language a person learns at home from their parents or caregivers. A native language, on the other hand, is the language spoken by a person from birth or from a very young age, regardless of where they learned it. In essence, a mother tongue is specifically tied to the home environment, while a native language is more broadly associated with a person's upbringing and cultural background.


How does mother tongue influence spoken English?

A person's mother tongue can influence their spoken English in terms of pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary. For example, someone whose mother tongue has different vowel sounds may struggle with certain English sounds. Additionally, sentence structure and word order in English can be influenced by a person's native language.


What language has the greatest number of non native speakers?

It's difficult to get statistics on this if only because the difference for a lot of people between secondary mother language, school language, and language-they-learned as an adult, is small and difficult to define. The answer at this point in history is most likely English. Many kids in many non-English speaking countries are trying to learn English because of its business applications, especially as concerns the USA and Europe (most European businessmen, especially in Western Europe, have a decent command of English).


What does learning English as second language mean?

Example: Your mother and father speak Spanish to you. You have learned Spanish before any other languages. That is your first language. Then, you learn English because you live in America. That is the second language you learn. That is English as (a) second language. The second language you learn is your (language) as (a) second language. I hope that helped.


What incident makes tan aware of the different English is that she speaks Mother tongue?

Amy Tan becomes aware of the differences in English that she speaks from her mother tongue because her mother points out occurrences where their communication or understanding may be affected by these linguistic disparities. This realization highlights the challenges of language and communication between generations in a multicultural household.

Related Questions

What is the difference between a child mother tongue and his first language?

Depending on what you mean by "first language", there may be no difference. For most people it implies the language you learned first, which is your mother tongue. But for some it might mean "the language you are most fluent in or use most often" which might not be your mother tongue, if, for example, you emigrated at an early age.


What is the difference between second language and native language?

A second language (L2) is any language learned after the first language or mother tongue. A native language is the language a human being learns from birth.


What is the parent language English?

if you mean what is the mother of English, it is Latin


How do you say Mama in English language?

In Kisii language of African origin,"Mama" has the meaning of "Mother" in English.


Is your mother related to your mother n law?

The English language-based culture does not recognize any family relationship between the parents of a husband and the parents of his wife.


What do you call your daughter's husband's mother?

You daughter's husband's mother is your daughter's mother-in-law. The English language has no term for a relationship between you and your daughter's mother-in-law.


Why people say mother tongue?

people say mother tongue when they talk about the first language that they learned or the language they do best at. for example, my first language is icelandic and my mother language is English because im better at it.


How is your brother's mother in-law related to you?

The English language does not consider your borther's mother-in-law to be related to you.


What call father mother?

Grandmother in English. English does not distinguish between the Mother's mother and the Father's mother, they are both called Grandmother.


What called father mother?

Grandmother in English. English does not distinguish between the Mother's mother and the Father's mother, they are both called Grandmother.


What is the difference between mother tongue and community?

"Mother tongue" is the title for the language/languages into which someone is born. Usually it means the language of one's parents. "Community" is any group of bonded together by commonalities (geography, purpose, set of beliefs, etc.).


What language did Albert Einstein speak?

German (mother tongue) and English.