What's your native tongue?

[The Blackangel]

I've noticed that there's people from all over on this forum. So I've become curious as to what everyone's native tongue is. Obviously I'm a native English speaker. Or maybe, more appropriately, I'm a native American speaker, as English English and American English are (after 250 years) wildly different. Same base, but different languages.

So what is everyone's native tongue?

Edited August 17, 2019 by The Blackangel

[DylanC]

I'm UK-based and speak English as my first language. Specifically, I live in Wales in the UK. As a result, I can speak a little bit of Welsh. I can also speak little bit of Spanish too (I learnt it in high school). 

[The Blackangel]

I can speak a tiny bit of both Spanish and German. I’m not good at trying to converse in either, but I’m usually able to catch at least the jist of what’s being said.

[killamch89]

My native language is English and although part of my heritage is hispanic, I don't know any ounce of Spanish or Latin (I should really work on that lol).

[kingpotato]

My native language is Spanish, the only other language I know is English. I always wanted to learn Dovahzul (Skyrim)

[Frederick Braun]

my native language is German. As a child, my family moved to the United States. It was very difficult for me then, because English was difficult for me. At school I got bad grades for essays, so I had to cheat and buy essays. It was the only way I could avoid being punished at home.

[Alyxx]

Norwegian. English quickly became my secondary main language though.

[Alexander.]

English is my first language and my native. I'm trying to learn how to speak French fluently, and at the moment, I can only speak and understand the basics of the language.  I learnt some at school, and now I'm self-teaching myself the rest. 

It's not something which will come overnight. 

[Shagger]

I thought it was obvious by now my native language is gibberish.

[ZandraJoi]

My native language is English as well. My paternal side is Dutch but we never learned the language nor did anything for our heritage. I have learned Spanish in school. Taught myself Sign Language. Dabbled in Japanese, Chinese, Korean. Words have always been fascinating to me!

[The Blackangel]

I'm kinda in the same spot there. My maternal grandmother's family were German immigrants that came to the US some time around the civil war. They didn't speak one single word of English. Nicht eins. So my grandmothers side ended up being perfectly fluent in both German and English all the way up to my grandmothers generation. Her children however, never picked up the language, and us grandchildren never did either. But I bought Rosetta Stone to reclaim that part of my heritage, even though I renounce it for the years of 1930-1945.

[Jason5]

My native language is Tamil. I am from Tamil Nadu, India. I don't know Hindi

[DarthVanity]

Holy necro thread batman! I was born in Burgerland and speak English. I should know two different dialects of Tagalog and Spanish but my folks only speak English at home. 

[killamch89]

On 4/28/2021 at 9:39 AM, ZandraJoi said:

My native language is English as well. My paternal side is Dutch but we never learned the language nor did anything for our heritage. I have learned Spanish in school. Taught myself Sign Language. Dabbled in Japanese, Chinese, Korean. Words have always been fascinating to me!

My paternal side is Scottish while my maternal side is hispanic/black but I hardly know any Spanish (been teaching myself recently) or Latin. I also don't have the Scottish accent lol.