What is your mother tongue?
By Ayuriny
@Ayuriny (5144)
Denpasar, Indonesia
September 18, 2016 10:56pm CST
I'm from Indonesia, but Indonesian language is not my mother tongue. It is my second language. Indonesia has many local languages, and because i was born in Bali, so Balinese language is my mother tongue. What about you? What is your first language?
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@XinfulThotz (4136)
• Singapore, Singapore
19 Sep 16
Chinese language is my mother tongue. But in Singapore, all of us learn English language as first language.. Mother tongue is considered "2nd language"
but National language is Malay... I don't know Malay...
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Why is it that you dont know Malay? You've never learnt Malay before? 
@XinfulThotz (4136)
• Singapore, Singapore
19 Sep 16
@Ayuriny We are only required to learn English and our own mother tongue. Even though the "national" language is Malay, it is not compulsory to learn. 
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@toniganzon (77320)
• Philippines
19 Sep 16
Tagalog is the Philippine National Language but there are 8 major dialects here. Our official language though is English. My dialect is Ilonggo.
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@toniganzon (77320)
• Philippines
19 Sep 16
@Ayuriny Yes and there are a lot of terms similar to Malaysian language too. That is because our language came from both countries.
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@antonbunot (11146)
• Calgary, Alberta
19 Sep 16
My mother tongue is Iloko (Philippines) . . . my second languages are English and Spanish. But since we moved to Canada 25 years ago, English is now my first language. We only speak our mother tongue (and sometimes tagalog) at home. Your profile picture shows a pretty lady!
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@antonbunot (11146)
• Calgary, Alberta
20 Sep 16
@Ayuriny No . . . Tagalog is our national language in the Philippines. . . Iloko is one of the dominant dialects. It is the dialect spoken by most of the northern provinces of the country. I speak Iloko and Tagalog.
