The fact of simultaneously being Christian and having as my mother tongue Arabic, the holy language of Islam, is one of the basic paradoxes that have shaped my identity.

I think in my mother tongue. That's Hindi.

Mother language at home, regional language in State, national language in Country, medium language at school, 2nd language at school, professional language at work, language for girl friend, language for travel and like on the need of learning multiple language is ever growing. - Devaski

I learnt to sing in Bengali, my mother tongue, then went on to sing in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati and every possible Indian language.

Tollywood has a special place in my heart because Telugu is my mother tongue, and when I sing in the language, my mom feels really happy.

When I was in south Sudan, people used to rap in my village. But the rapping was more in the mother tongue, Nuer.