Mother Language: Sense, Synergy, and Significance by Abdullah Al Moinee

Mother Language: Sense, Synergy, and Significance 

Abdullah Al Moinee 

Sense of human being starts to be structured by the synergic significance of the environment. The inherence of the environment is sustained and nurtured by dint of the mindful manifestation of mother language. Mother language is the root element of life that absorbs the natural nutrients and essential entities from the land of life anchoring the inborn identity to the origin of us with respect to culture, country, and civilization. The language is perceived and conceived by a child through the pristine premise of meticulous mind. The robust root of life sustains the efficacy to make the mind sensing the strength and synergy of mother language as the natural communication. Every human being is blessed to be given birth by the woman of worth who is our mother. The connection between mother and offspring are innate and intuitive to formulate and design the source of synergy through the natural communication. The synergy drives the inherent interactions, fervent functions, and reflective reasonings resonating the coherent importance & momentous significance of mother language for leading the life of human being. 

Mother language is the core code to represent the existence of a country in this world. A nation is glorified by the significance of the mother language that triggers the patriotism flowing through the root of culture. History reflects the value and vigor of mother language through the determination, dedication, and devotion of the people of Bangladesh who sacrificed their lives on 21 February 1952, defending Bangla for themselves and future generation. The momentum of the movement was tremendous enough that derived the driving force for the people to glean the independence of Bangladesh in 1971. Sensing the synergic significance of mother language and reflecting the glory, UNESCO decided to observe 21 February as International Mother Language Day on 17 November 1999 all around the world. 

The mother language navigates the notion of personal, social, and cultural identity. The impetus of mother tongue brings about the reflections for designing the value and vigor of emotional intelligence. The emotion gets shaped by dint of the elements of environment from where anyone gleans the art of aptitudes with logical understanding. The aptitudes are aided by the natural navigation through the family, society, and country. The emotional essence of Bangladeshi people catalyzed the language movement gleaning an independent, sovereign country. The essence engendered the stimulus originating the universal unity, courageous congruence, and ubiquitous upstanding towards the shore of valiant victory. The emotional aspects of human being are bolstered by the mother language to be formed firmly exchanging the vivacious vibe of communication utilizing the sense of originality and relations among the relatives. Besides, the cultural and traditional heritage harvest the harmony of a country through the mother language to reach all the people properly by the integral exchange of emotion and intuition. 

Mother language gives birth to the spirit of communication to extract the best out of any interaction and conversation. No other language can make the spirit alive in such a way for a person to converse coherently creating a connection to the mother words. Of all languages, mother language is the easiest to adopt and apply by instinctive interactions e.g. learning, teaching, reading, listening, speaking, and writing. Research shows that the intellectual development proactively goes onward by the fuel given by mother language. The fuel is pure in efficacy for utilizing the invigorated potential of the children to listen, believe, read, learn, express, and speak spontaneously. Researchers say that a firm foundation on mother language corroborates anyone to have much better clarity and understanding of any curriculum growing a more positive attitude towards the acquisition of knowledge. 

Sapir-Whorf hypothesis (1929) states that the structure of a language determines a native speaker's perception and categorization of experience. The hypothesis of linguistic relativity holds that the structure of a language affects its speakers' world view or cognition. A set of essential skills are being espoused by the children from the inception of the development of mother language at the very early stage of life. Parents are the direct source for developing the paramount for comprehensive communication and cognitive consciousness. The source is bridged and catalyzed by their lucid form of language. The skills, inferences, and insights are extracted from the inherent infrastructure of spontaneity. Spontaneous strategies excavate the ecstatic enthusiasm which creates the gradual growth of grandeur for learning from life. Any art of human life becomes ardor in aptitude and amplitude by the exuberance of enthusiasm. Mother language sustains the enthusiasm of ease and excel without any conscious constraint which brings about a sense of self-worth and courageous confidence to drive the journey by life. 

Language determines and affects the tenacity of thoughts. If our children are not educated in their mother language, thousands of natural thoughts processes might be molded abruptly, which may be capable of coming out as quiescent qualities. There are psychological perspectives, cultural congruences, emotional essences, and philosophical perceptions that can only be conveyed and expressed in a mother language. Mother language can reach all the people attend in any conference, conversation, or convention that always results in a positive and greater output bridging the linguistic gap and emotional disconnection. Grandparents, parents, and siblings are more likely to contribute in the learning and teaching structure of the children when the processes are based on mother language. It has been shown that teaching in mother language gives better understanding in any subject than that of other languages. It goes without saying that one needs to learn multiple languages for the urge of globalization. In this case, mother language designs the firm foundation to learn and lead. Mother language gives the strength to the inborn skills to transfer different structures comparing a language with another for personal development. Language scientists have researched and revealed that people who have primarily started their learning in their mother language, seem to have a better ability to learn other languages than those who start learning a foreign language steering clear of mother tongue. They generally glean good language strengths and skills in future life of learning, teaching, and creative innovation. 

Mother language contributes to the development of brain and mental ability through the cognitive communication and connection. Research of Institute of Learning & Brain Science, University of Washington, has showed that babies begin to absorb language when they are inside the womb during the last 10 weeks. “The mother's voice can be heard because it is amplified by her body,” Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl says. Dr. Kuhl and her research team have also showed that infants respond quicker to mother tongue than to a foreign tongue. Children with a strong foundation in their first language often display a deeper understanding of the existence within the world conceiving a confident sense of strengths. The sense wave propagates into every step of their lives, including emotional connection and educational erudition. 

Perceiving the pivotal potential and profound impact of mother language, litterateur Arif Moinuddin says, “To disdain, disvalue, and disregard mother language are enough to accelerate the gradual extinction of a nation.” Developed countries of the world emphasize on the regular practice of mother language to sustain and preserve their oasis of origin, vital values, academic aspects, emotional empathy, cultural consciousness, traditional transparency, inborn identity, and numen of nation. The language experts urge that the foreign language should be taught as a subject only for international communication, higher education, and globalization. They accentuate to utilize the language as the medium of instructions for the native people. Nobel Peace Prize (1993) laureate Nelson Mandela says, “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head but you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.” Universally, mother language designs the sense of soul creating a fervent frequency and symbiotic synergy that bring about a shrining significance in the life of human being.