I wish I did — it was the first language I tried to learn by taking a book out of the library when I was a kid… Love your last sentence ha ha — btw there is a sort of revolution going on in assimilation the other way — check out the song ‘Go’ on you tube’s coke Studio, Pakistan.

Having taught English from asylum seekers to Academic English the arrogance of semi literate Mother tongue monolinguals is something to behold! THe great Tove Skutnab-Kangas has some gems to say about that . Her husband too, Phillipson, wrote on language imperialism.