Why it is called 'Mother'tongue...?

Hi,

Yesterday I was thinking on a thing, which I thought I should share with people, so that I can examine myself from your reactions! So, please reply to this topic whether I am write or wrong.

Everyone of us have his/her own mothertongue. I think the 'mother'tongue for everyone is really very special. I know now-a-days English is the official language everywhere. I also want to mention here that I don't have any kind of 'Problem' with English. It is a global language and It has that power to convey any message globally, no question about that!

But my point here is that, in India we've many beautiful languages. Every language of them is special in one manner or the other. Every language has a certain depth, that conveys a message more clearly when the person in front of you also knows that language. It is a good practice to always talk in English, so that you can face the globe more easily. But, when you get hurt, will you say the first word in English coz you've Englishmen around? I don't think so. You'll definitely shout or say something (like in my mothrtongue marathi, we say 'Aai ga!' means 'oh-my mother') . You don't even realize your speaking in your mothertongue, it's just that obviouse.

Let me give another example, if you neighbour 'Aunty' is the secretary of the society. Everyone knows her and respects her. But for that reason only, if someone tell you to eat your food made by her only and don't it the food made by your own mother, will you listen that? A mother is always a mother. No-one in the world can take her place. Think for a sec why your language is called your 'Mother'tongue!!!

Again for technical people, let me give a technical example...
Assume there are two men seating next to each other. They want to communicate. They have computers in front of them. We all know how much power Internet have. We can communicate with a person seating at the other end of the world. So, for this reason only, will those two men communicate through internet or will they simply talk to each other? The more obvious ans is, they'll talk only, why should they use internet?

Everybody agrees that English have lots of flaws in it. eg. We know the example of 'cut', 'shut', 'but' & 'put'. Also of 'home' & 'come'. Why these words are pronounced differently when they have same spelling? Many people have allready critisized English for that. Anyways, we are not discussing here about short-comes of English, but about richness of regional languages. You know, I've one philosophy...If some segment in English will touch you, same in your national language will touch your heart and if you translate it in your 'Mothertongue' , it'll touch the bottom of your heart! Because, the richness and depth of that will be so much that English won't reach that height ever. Also there always are different words of same meaning for different moods in regional languages, but English won't have that power. Basically, why we insist on this 'global' language is because, british people have ruled on most of the countries on the earth and left an effect of English on them, so everybody knows this language. But it doesn't mean that, you must use that each & every time. Use it whenever it is necessary, but when possible, use your 'own' language.

We know that, 'SANSKRIT ' is the mother of all languages. I think it is the richest language on earth. As it is not used now-a-days, we should use the languages which are at least born from it. English is NOT born from sanskrit, but actually it is a mixture of sanskrit, roman and greek. That's why it is complete, yet insufficient. Hindi, which is a national language of India, is more close to Sanskrit. Also, many regional languages of India are born directly from Sanskrit.Those are the richest languages, coz they have everything that is required to express human emotions. That's why I am saying, in office, where emotions have no place, you can use English, but for other purpose, don't forget your Mothertongue....Will you forget your Mother ?

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