SOAS World Languages Institute Podcast: Tongue tied do you speak your mother's tongue?

Published: Feb. 10, 2020, 12:40 p.m.

b"Tongue tied \\u2013 do you speak your mother's tongue? \\n\\n \\n\\nK\\xfanmi speaks to people who grew up with a home or family language different to a dominant societal one. Heritage speakers, as they're often called (who sometimes do not actually speak the language at all) feel a connection to the associated 'minority' culture which at times leads to complex relationship with the language. \\n\\nIn the year of indigenous languages, this episode sought to ask what some people feel their indigenous language is.\\n\\nWe heard from two languages (Yoruba and Spanish) and two generations to get their perspective on what it feels to be caught between two tongues. \\n\\n \\n\\nThis podcast was recorded at SOAS Radio.\\n\\nEpisode concept by K\\xfanmi \\u1eccl\\xe1\\n\\nMusic:\\n\\nYellow Light District (ID 1135)\\nLobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de\\nCreative Commons License (by-nc-nd)\\n\\nThis podcast forms part of a series of four podcasts produced by the SOAS World Languages Institute celebrating UNESCO\\u2019s International Year of Indigenous Languages 2019."