Languages in my trail...
Interesting fact of my ancestral trail, which is little
complex.
Father’s ancestral trail - My Dad’s Mom was Kannadiga from
Mysore, who settled in Bangalore around 60 Years back. She got married to a
Tamilian from Bangalore (Shivajinagar - Mudaliar
street), (Mudaliar – who had converted
to Christianity after praying to Mother Mary for curing some illness).
Is my Dad’s mother tongue, Tamil/Kannada? But he used to speak Kannada, Tamil,
Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Urdu, and of course English. (His dialect was awesome
as of that origin, I have admired it. He had certifications in these languages
from School)
Mother’s ancestral trail - My Mom’s Mom was Kannadiga from
Bangalore, She got married to a Tamilian from Chennai (then Madras) and got settled in Salem. Is my Mom’s mother
tongue, Tamil/Kannada? She knows Tamil and English.
We end up speaking in Tamil at home, and also sometimes in Kannada
& English.
Coming to me, I know English, Tamil (only to speak), Kannada
(Studied for 14 years*), Hindi (Studied for 7 years*), Telugu (learnt watching
movies can converse with little difficulty) and finally Malayalam can
understand but can’t speak as the Mallu’s for that I have to stay in Kerala for
5 years (Haven’t got a chance).
*Though studied for
so many years, I still struggle in these languages, and not at all good at any
of the above languages mentioned. Not even computer languages. J
