No, you cannot change your mother tongue.
Your mother tongue, also known as your native language or first language, is the language you learn from birth. It's deeply ingrained due to early childhood exposure and is often the language in which you think and feel most naturally. While you can certainly become highly proficient in other languages, your mother tongue remains the language you acquired first and likely the one you have the strongest connection to.
Here's why it's not really possible to "change" it:
- Early Acquisition: Language acquisition begins very early, even in the womb. This early exposure creates a neural foundation for your first language.
- Native Speaker Intuition: Native speakers possess an intuitive understanding of their language's grammar, syntax, and nuances that is difficult, if not impossible, to replicate perfectly in a second language.
- Emotional Connection: Your mother tongue is often tied to your cultural identity, family, and personal history. These emotional connections make it a fundamental part of who you are.
However, it's important to distinguish between changing your mother tongue and:
- Becoming fluent in another language: You can absolutely learn other languages to a very high level of proficiency. Many people become bilingual or multilingual and may even use a second language more frequently than their first.
- Using another language as your primary language: While your mother tongue remains your native language, you might find that you use another language more often in your daily life, for work, or for communication. You might even feel more comfortable expressing yourself in that language in certain contexts.
- Developing a dominant language: If you learn a second language early in life and use it extensively, it can become your dominant language, meaning it's the language you're most comfortable with and proficient in. This doesn't change your mother tongue, but it does influence your language profile.
In summary, while you can't rewrite your linguistic history, you can certainly add new chapters by learning and mastering other languages. Your mother tongue will always be your first language, but it doesn't have to be your only language.
