How important is speaking in your mother tongue?
By: Poelano Malema 21 February marks International Mother Language Day and highlights the importance of preserving culture through speaking one’s mother tongue. According to ethnologue.com, there are more than 7,000 spoken languages in the world. South Africa alone is blessed with eleven official languages. They are Sepedi (also known as Sesotho sa Leboa), Sesotho, Setswana, siSwati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, Afrikaans, English, isiNdebele, isiXhosa, and isiZulu. Sadly, as more people become bilingual and […]