Gobar Times: How does your mother tongue speak to Nature?

A “mother tongue” is the very first language that we hear as babies, very often, even before we are born! At 7-8 months of pregnancy, an unborn fetus in the womb can already begin to recognize the sounds and patterns of languages spoken around them. Once we are born, grow older, and begin feeling our way around a wider environment, our mother tongue plays an important role in making connections with other people, plants, animals, and things.

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