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When parents give you different languages

I speak my father's language but I think in my mother's and I don't know which one makes me more myself.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Competing linguistic inheritances create internal conflict about which cultural identity to prioritize.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Language and identity — what your first language holds?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.