![]() ![]() Which of these languages is the newest? Is it: But first, this week’s quiz question, which is also on the topic of languages. And this complicated relationship between language and gender is what we will be talking about today. It’s interesting that we say ‘mother tongue’, isn’t it? Like many languages, English has a number of gender-specific terms that don’t refer to gender-specific ideas and concepts. Well, my mother tongue is English and I also speak Spanish and French badly! Note: This is not a word-for-word transcript To understand something to be true, to think of something in a particular way ![]() The place or time where something begins or comes fromĪ way to describe something by saying that it is something else with similar qualities The person most responsible for looking after someone Listen to the programme to find out the answer. And this complicated relationship between language and gender is what Sam and Georgina are talking about in this programme. Like many languages, English has a number of gender-specific terms that don’t refer to gender-specific ideas and concepts. 'Mother tongue' is an interesting English expression. ![]()
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