7. Mother tongue
[] 1 Khmer
[] 2 Vietnamese
[] 3 Chinese
[] 4 Lao
[] 5 Thai
[] 6 French
[] 7 English
[] 8 Other (specify) ____
Column 7: Mother Tongue
87. The mother tongue of a person is the language spoken in childhood by the person's mother to the person. If the mother died in infancy, the language mainly spoken in the person's home in childhood will be the mother tongue. In case of infants and deaf mutes, the language usually spoken by the mother should be recorded. In case of doubts, the language mainly spoken in the household may be recorded.
87.1 You have to use the following codes for recording answer to this question:
Code Mother Tongue:
01: Khmer
02: Vietnamese
03: Chinese
04: Laos
05: Thai
06: French
07: English
08: Korean
09: Japanese
10: Chaaraay
11: Chaam
12: Kaavaet
13: Klueng
14: Kuoy
15: Krueng
16: Lun
17: Phnong
18: Proav
19: Tumpoon
20: Stieng
21: Cha Ong
22: Kraol
23: Radaer
24: Lmoon
25: Mel
26: Khogn
27: Por
28: Suay
29: Any other mother tongue which has to be specified
Record the code in blank space and not in the shaded boxes.
87.2 Please note the instructions given below: You should tell the respondent that the information required here is the mother tongue and not any other language spoken. It should also be made clear that this information is required purely for statistical purposes only.
(i) However, you are bound to record the language as returned by the person as his/her mother tongue and you should not enter into any argument with him/her and try to record any language other than what is returned.
(ii) If you have reasons to suspect that in your area, the mother tongue is not being truthfully returned, you should record the mother tongue returned through code and make a report to your supervisor for verification.
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(iii) It is possible that the mother tongue may be different for different persons in a household. It is, therefore, necessary to ask every person about his/her mother tongue.