what is your mother tongue?

well, our new infomation minister, zam, said bahasa malaysia is your mother’s tongue! yep, that’s right, he said bahasa malaysia should consider as the mother tongue of ALL malaysians.

came across this piece of news in lone’s blog.

sure, i gladly accept bahasa malaysia as our national/official language… but to accept it as my mother tongue?? are you crazy, oh zam, kalizam?? do you know what is the meaning of mother’s tongue? i was born a chinese. my parents are chinese. my father was a hakka (khek), and therefore my mother’s tongue is hakka. hakka. one of the chinese dialect. bahasa malaysia or bahasa kebangsaan or bahasa melayu is NOT my mother’s tongue, mind you, zam. yes i do use bahasa malaysia more than hakka (much much more – in fact knows very little of hakka), i like bahasa malaysia, i accept it as my country’s official language but i would never refer to it as my mother’s tongue.