FinalTest Writing Reflective 10: The Importance of Learning Local Mother Tongue for Children
Language is the ability possessed by humans to communicate with other humans. There are approximately 7,139 languages in existence worldwide, and about 40 per cent of languages are threatened with extinction with less than 1,000 speakers of the remaining languages. In Indonesia, most of the 718 regional languages are currently in danger of extinction or are experiencing a regional language crisis because nowadays, many regional language speakers do not use and do not pass their local language on to the next generation. This is very unfortunate considering that the regional language or mother tongue is also one of Indonesia's cultural treasures. Therefore, children or the next generation must learn their mother tongue, especially formal languages. Teaching children their mother tongue or regional language does not mean they can only preserve the Indonesian regional language. Still, it also makes children not forget where they come from. Children with a solid