Mother tongue is an interesting English expression. Like many languages, English has a number of gender specific terms that don’t refer to gender specific ideas and concepts. And this complicated relationship between language and gender is what Sam and Georgina are talking about in this programme.
This weeks question:
Which of these languages is the newest? Is it:
A: Esperanto
B: Afrikaans
C: Light Warlpiri
Listen to the programme to find out the answer.
Vocabulary:
primary caregiver
the person most responsible for looking after someone
point of origin
the place or time where something begins or comes from
metaphor
a way to describe something by saying that it is something else with similar qualities
perceive
to understand something to be true, to think of something in a particular way
prestigious
important, respected
a disparity
a difference, an inequality
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