internationalmotherlangageday

internationalmotherlanguageday – About Sourashtra Language

Coming from a family who speak Sourashtra as their mother tongue not a widely spoken language across Tamil Nadu, India . I used to be only Sourashtra speaking girl in my class sometimes in my whole school!  Growing and understanding the importance of my mother tongue I understood that my language was preserved across generations. …

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Heritage Languages: To Keep or Not to Keep? – Anita K shares her language story

Every year on February 21st, the world celebrates “International Mother Tongue Day”. For those of us in the South Asian diaspora, raising kids outside of India, what does this mean?    I’ll start by telling you my story. My parents came to NY from Kerala back in the 70s. They were part of a vibrant …

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