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When multilingualism fragments identity

I speak three languages fluently but feel like I'm not fully myself in any of them.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Linguistic abundance creates paradoxical feelings of rootlessness and incomplete self-expression.

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.