‘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 week’s 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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