Most children start off by growing up surrounded by this regional language - from their parent speaking it (hence the epithet of mother-tongue) to the people at school etc. Unfortunately, my family travelled a lot, so I had contact with several languages growing up and never managed to fully grasp this elusive mother-tongue because - well - we all just spoke English at home.
Needless to say, this did impact my ability to answer this question incorrectly. The teacher was not pleased with my 'back-talking', alas :P
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