"Mother Tongue" and "Native Language"
Is there a difference between "Mother Tongue" and "Native Language"? Which one between them is often used? How's with "National Language"? Does it have the same defenition with "Mother Tongue" and "Native Language" or not?
In my country, there are so many languages in every different regions (Islands, Provinces, Cities). For example: I live in Sulawesi Island, Indonesia, exactly in South Sulawesi. In South Sulawesi, there are about 5 kinds language (The 5 kinds of that language, divide again become about 39 languages). What's the terminology for them? Are they Mother Tongue? How's with Indonesian? is it called Native language or what? *I'm getting confused, please explain. me.
#Thank You.