How often do you speak in your mother tongue? Updated
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21 February marks International Mother Language Day and
highlights the importance of preserving culture through speaking one’s mother tongue.
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According to ethnologue.com, there are more than 7,000 spoken languages in the world. South Africa alone is blessed with eleven official languages. They are Sepedi (also known as Sesotho sa Leboa), Sesotho, Setswana, siSwati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, Afrikaans, English, isiNdebele, isiXhosa, and isiZulu.
Sadly, as more people become bilingual and seek to learn a more prestigious language to gain social and economic advantages or to avoid discrimination, they can lose their own languages.
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Susan Marx
Susan Marx joined ABA ROLI in 2018 from The Asia Foundation where she worked for ten years in various rule of law and management positions in Timor-Leste and Afghanistan. At ROLI, Ms. Marx oversaw ABA ROLI’s regional anti-human trafficking program in 14 SADC countries, working with attorneys general and prosecutors general to strengthen coordination and collaboration between countries on preventing and addressing cross-border trafficking. In 2019 she became the Project Director for the WAGE Consortium’s initiative in Eswatini “Integrating the Response to GBV, HIV, and Economic Marginalization of Swati Women” aimed at reforming restrictive laws and increasing integrated services to women victims of violence. Most recently, Ms. Marx secured a USAID award to partner with private sector partners in Eswatini to increase women’s meaningful participation in the economy. Her professional experience also includes a consultancy for the European Instrument for Democracy an