I also wondered if it is possible to point out the first time I learned the term: mothertongue, and further than that, the first time I had to mother my tongue - teach it the language of its birth, of its body, of survival and belonging.
Ngiye ngazibuza ukuthi kungenzeka yini ngikhombe okokuqala ngifunda igama: mothertongue (ulwimi lukamame/ulwimi lwebele), futhi ukwedlula lapho, isikhathi sokuqala kwadingeka ngibe umame olwimini lwami - ngilufundise ulwimi lokuzalwa kwalo, okomzimba walo, ukusinda kanye nokuba kuwe.