Thread: Mother tongue is losing importance from cities?

The mother tongue is the true vehicle of the mother wit. Another medium of speech may bring with it a current of new ideas. But the mother tongue is one in which a man is born. It is through the vernacular that the new conceptions of the mind should press their way to birth in speech. A man’s native speech is almost like his shadow, inseparable from his personality but in last few year mother tongue is losing importance in day by day and after few year I have doubt that very little person may even talk in mother tongue (few area of India specially in city).In these days few person already talk in English at home and also out side. May be it’s a effect of globalization but still others European country are maintaining their own language very well but in India if this thing is going on then few Indian prosperous language will be disappear. So what do you think?
Mother language should be compulsory in primary education?
Just to think easier I have added few lines of our great freedom fighter’s autobiography

Polak and I had often very heated discussion about the desirability or otherwise of giving the children an English education. It has always been my conviction that Indian parents who train their children to think and talk in English from their infancy betray their children and their country. They deprive them of the spiritual and social heritage of the nation, and render them to that extent unfit for the service of the country. Having these convictions, I made a point of always talking to my children in Gujarati. Polak never liked it. He thought I was spoiling their future. He contended, with all the vigour and love at his command, that, if children were to learn universal language like English from infancy, they would easily gain considerable advantage over others in the race of life. He failed to convince me.

M.k. Gandhi

but its is very much necessary to learn English tooo!! PRolyl mother tongue shud b the second language compulaosry at schools....

English is necessary but Mother Toungue is equally important. We too speak only Marathi at home.

We also value our mother tongue a lot. In the schools and colleges, they ask you to talk in English, but we keep talking in Malayalam...

For those who don't know about Malayalam

It's a really beautiful language, best in "expressing"....and all.....

in professional life Mothertongue may not be that effective......but i think it will remain major part of everyones life.....almost every child speaks the first words of his life in his/her own mothertongue......& first things are always special

Originally Posted by dhaneshv

We also value our mother tongue a lot. In the schools and colleges, they ask you to talk in English, but we keep talking in Malayalam...

For those who don't know about Malayalam

It's a really beautiful language, best in "expressing"....and all.....

I know few word in mallu: Patti,Molay,Chaychi....

i think Ramesh you know tamil,hindi two Indian language very well any other ?

Originally Posted by rupu1983

i think Ramesh you know tamil,hindi two Indian language very well any other ?

I know Marwari, its my mother tongue...

I know few Marwari person in kolkata but they talk us either in Hindi or Bengali,Now my question is Marwari is quite similar to Hindi or it's totally different than Hindi

Originally Posted by rupu1983

I know few Marwari person in kolkata but they talk us either in Hindi or Bengali,Now my question is Marwari is quite similar to Hindi or it's totally different than Hindi

Its not totally different,its somewhat similar only....

i cud understnd marwari really well ...but now i need to refresh it a bit.....i can speak, read n write gujarati & hindi very well....!

Originally Posted by Rameshjeee

I know few word in mallu: Patti,Molay,Chaychi....

LOL!!
That are some words you need to know...

I can speak, read and write Hindi, Malyalam and English. I can understand Tamil and I have learnt Sanskrit for a very short period of time.

And, I am also interested in French. But, I won't be able to talk like usual in French.
I just know some important and usual words you need to know.

I find it difficult to communicate in my mother tongue, so I use the regional language at home.
Language is always meant to be a means of communication, not a barrier.
So the question of mother tongue losing its importance doesn't matter.

I find it difficult to communicate in my mother tongue, so I use the regional language at home.
Language is always meant to be a means of communication, not a barrier.
So the question of mother tongue losing its importance doesn't matter.

Originally Posted by dhaneshv

LOL!!
That are some words you need to know...

I can speak, read and write Hindi, Malyalam and English. I can understand Tamil and I have learnt Sanskrit for a very short period of time.

And, I am also interested in French. But, I won't be able to talk like usual in French.
I just know some important and usual words you need to know.

Personally I speak Malayalam (mother tongue) and understand it very well. But being brought up in another regional state, I did not realize the importance of reading and writing the language also. My wife who is a Telguite by birth does no speak telgu. Infact at her home they migrated from Andhra a long time back so none of the family member speak in telgu. They prefer speaking tamil over Telgu. She is right now trying to learn telugu the hardway. As for languages, English and Hindi I can read,write,speak and understand. Malayalam and Tamil I can speak and understand. I also understand a little bit of telgu, kannada and very little of marathi. French is something i started but left in the middle.


In an intercaste marriage, the kid has to learn both tongues (mother and father ) :38:

Originally Posted by vikramjb

Personally I speak Malayalam (mother tongue) and understand it very well. But being brought up in another regional state, I did not realize the importance of reading and writing the language also. My wife who is a Telguite by birth does no speak telgu. Infact at her home they migrated from Andhra a long time back so none of the family member speak in telgu. They prefer speaking tamil over Telgu. She is right now trying to learn telugu the hardway. As for languages, English and Hindi I can read,write,speak and understand. Malayalam and Tamil I can speak and understand. I also understand a little bit of telgu, kannada and very little of marathi. French is something i started but left in the middle.


In an intercaste marriage, the kid has to learn both tongues (mother and father ) :38:

That was interesting of you.. Yes, most people who migrate from their homeland donot care much about trying to atleast read and write their mother tongue well. I know many people who don't know how to read well the language they speak well.:lol:

Originally Posted by dhaneshv

Yes, most people who migrate from their homeland donot care much about trying to atleast read and write their mother tongue well.

True, I did not realize the importance of of reading and writing my own mother toungue, but now I am slowly learning to read and write malayalam. Next will be Tamil and then probably other language and by that I will be 80 yrs old :6: :angel:

Oh sure make it compulsory to speak/learn regional languages and create a wider barrier amongst Indians...

We DO NOT need such things in India. I hear enough horror stories of people visiting Tamil Nadu and natives refusing to talk in Hindi, and politicians like Thackarey that use such weapons to divide people.

Originally Posted by dnash

Oh sure make it compulsory to speak/learn regional languages and create a wider barrier amongst Indians...

We DO NOT need such things in India. I hear enough horror stories of people visiting Tamil Nadu and natives refusing to talk in Hindi, and politicians like Thackarey that use such weapons to divide people.

Every language has its own quality, clarity and dignity. And, you can't just say that languages are weapons for communal wars, but, it would be rather good if you say that languages are weapons which can be used to shoot out your views and those who use it as a weapon for invoking communal wars and all need to be punished.

If we believe in ourselves and our country, then nothing can take us apart...
:thumbup1:

yeah way to go dhanesh v.....!!!

but u kno these ministers make language also one of the reasons for communal wars...!!! its a fact tht we all thought n infact experienced also personally tht ppl in TN dont even bother to reply back if u ask them nything in hindi.......

Originally Posted by aashaka_gandhi

yeah way to go dhanesh v.....!!!

but u kno these ministers make language also one of the reasons for communal wars...!!! its a fact tht we all thought n infact experienced also personally tht ppl in TN dont even bother to reply back if u ask them nything in hindi.......

A single old politician makes a big hulla bulla bout languages here in TN. But we have people in all states, like recently in Karnataka there was a big issue about Tamil movies being released and Kannada Language not being given due importance. In Andhra, they are asking for a separate state called Teluga
na, Thackeray is busy in Maharashtra and so on..

Frankly i think its important we learn mother tongue but I don't think there is any need to be fanatic about it

Originally Posted by aashaka_gandhi

yeah way to go dhanesh v.....!!!

but u kno these ministers make language also one of the reasons for communal wars...!!! its a fact tht we all thought n infact experienced also personally tht ppl in TN dont even bother to reply back if u ask them nything in hindi.......

I think that it is not so different here also. But, there are some people who do like helping in this new generation of youth here. Most of the youth here do help others while some show too much of the 'I'm the dada' thing.

We should really think on this, generally we use either Hindi or English while talking. It is necessary but, also we should remember our mother tongue.

Originally Posted by Robdale

We should really think on this, generally we use either Hindi or English while talking. It is necessary but, also we should remember our mother tongue.

You mean that you may forget your mothertongue??
LOL!!!

I don't think one can just forget it. Anyway, if you don't know your mother tongue (:lol, then how will you communicate to other people in your mother land.

yes valid point dhaneshv....!!!

i really wonder if a perosn @ his home speaks in mother tongue than how wud he be able to forget it....???? btw i feel its really necessary to atleast kno u mother tongue & national language....!

Originally Posted by aashaka_gandhi

yes valid point dhaneshv....!!!

i really wonder if a perosn @ his home speaks in mother tongue than how wud he be able to forget it....???? btw i feel its really necessary to atleast kno u mother tongue & national language....!

You are right.
But, there are still many children in our country who are not getting proper education and other facilities.
And hence, learning the national language will be difficult for many..