Losing mother tongue (fwd link)

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Losing mother tongue
Ethnic children forgetting their own languages
Pinaki Roy

Balasree Chisim cannot speak Mandi properly and often incorporates Bangla words
in his native Garo language. His elder brother Sagre and sister Aski can speak
Mandi but do not use it unless someone talks to them in that language.

Full article link below:
http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=24268