Mothertongues

Rahul lives in Limerick and is the oldest of two. He was born in the Tamil region of India and he and his mum talk all about the culture of the region. Reya and her dad, also Tamil, talk about her new baby brother!

Antonio, Tommaso and Valentina are truly multicultural! Their dad is Italian and their mum, Ivana is Czech. They love to travel, play and read together.

Bianca and Samuel speak Italian with their mum Francesca. They love to visit Italy and eat, eat, eat!

Enya and Maia speak German with their mum Ina all the time. But you’d be surprised how many German words you already know!

Amahle and her mum Mavis speak Xhosa, a language that contains “Click Consonants”. Spoken by over 8 million people in South Africa. But Amahle likes to sing more than anything else!

Gaia is 4 and her mum Inés is Portuguese. Who knew you could play Frozen in every single language?

Meet Sofia and her mum Maria. Maria is from Spain, Sofia is Irish and together they speak Spanish. Also, they like talking about food. A lot!

“Mothertongues” is a brand new podcast from RTÉjr Radio. So many kids in Irish schools speak more than one language every day. This podcast is for kids, teachers and families to start sharing all the wonderful things that make us, Us!

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