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In today's fast-paced society, our traditional cultural values and identity are risk. We have to make a conscious effort to ensure that we do not lose touch with our cultural heritage. One the important features cultural identity is the ability to speak one's mother tongue. One's mother tongue would be the language spoken by members the same race. As examples among the Chinese, there are several dialect groups such as Cantonese, Teochew and Hokkien. Cantonese and Hokkien being by far the common dialects spoken. However, the Chinese people also have the common language Mandarin. The Indians, too, have their separate dialect groups such as Tamil, Malayalam, and Hindi. The Malay language is the same for all Malays, except that pronunciation may vary depending where they are .

Some may argue that it would be better if everyone spoke the same language to promote communication and closer ties between the world's different peoples. However, I feel that although this is the desired ideal, it can be achieved other ways that do not involve abandoning the art a language that may have taken centuries to evolve into its present-day form that represents a community's identity.

A mother tongue spoken helps to bind people together and promote the positive values a culture. If we are well grounded and know where we come and what kinds behaviour are deemed and acceptable our community, we would be equipped to resist external negative influences that may otherwise sway us. Also, having a cultural identity would help us better understand how other people value their language and traditions. Instead, we would not be so quick to fear what is unfamiliar to us but try to understand it.

In this changing world which is drawing closer together through technology communication, English is generally the language adopted for ease communication sectors such as trade and education. However, this does not mean that we should neglect our mother tongue.

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