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What is Your Mother Language?

What is Your Mother Language?

dufn írta időpontban
Válaszok szám: 8



Hi, friends!


Today, 21 February, we celebrate International Mother Language Day! See our announcement here.

So now I am curious to know a bit more about you:

What is your mother language?

What major or funny differences have you noticed between your mother language and English?

Why do you think linguistic diversity is important?

Tell us your thoughts in by clicking reply below. 

Thanks for sharing, friends!

Iya, OLS Community Manager - English. 

Válasz erre: dufn

Re: What is Your Mother Language?

dufn írta időpontban
Hi ! I am Asia, and my mother leanguage is Italien. In comparison with English, my leanguage it's more complicate because we have a lots of verbs and a lot of dialects, but i still like it.
Válasz erre: dufn

Re: What is Your Mother Language?

OLS Community Manager Marieke írta időpontban
Hi Asia! Thanks for sharing :-) I think Italian is one of the most beautiful European languages! Would you mind sharing your most favourite word in Italian? I'd love to learn!
Válasz erre: dufn

Re: What is Your Mother Language?

Marti Puig Emma írta időpontban
Hi! My name is Emma and my mother language is Catalan , an incredible language that is being lost :(
Válasz erre: Marti Puig Emma

Re: What is Your Mother Language?

Carrasco Herrera Ariadna írta időpontban
Hi Emma, My name is Ariadna and i can tell that it's not lost at all, it's just not a preference for most of Catalan/valencian/balearic people. If you want to speak Catalan with somebody and make a new friend estic aqui, although I consider Spanish my mother language
Válasz erre: dufn

Re: What is Your Mother Language?

de Vries Rebecca írta időpontban
Hi! My name is Rebecca. My mother language is Dutch. They call is the cousin of the English language. Somewhere I understand that but on the other side... Pronounces are very different.
Válasz erre: dufn

Re: What is Your Mother Language?

Duvens Pinto Catia írta időpontban
Hi, Im from Portugal, my mother language is Portuguese, and I have very difficulty speaking English. But writing is okay.
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Re: What is Your Mother Language?

Ioan Darius-Bogdan írta időpontban
A funny difference is that Romanian is more phonetic — we read words as they are written, unlike English. Also, Romanian has gender for objects, but English doesn’t.
I think linguistic diversity is important because language is part of culture and identity, and it helps us understand other people better.