Part A - Information about persons
Instructions for completing Part A - Information about persons
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13. Mother tongue ____

Part A - Personal information

Question 13 Mother tongue:
Enter the language in which your parents usually spoke to you: if the parents spoke different languages, please enter the language in which your mother spoke to you.

Personal form

11. Mother language (in the case of different languages of parents, write down the mother's one)

Explanations for filling in the personal form

11. Mother language

A. Data on population

21. Mother tongue

22. Most frequently used language

Census form A. Population data
Census form A. Population data was completed by each member of the household. For a minor citizen or a citizen who could not provide data on his/her own, the data should be provided by their legal representative, a family member or the owner of the house.

Mother tongue
The native language is the language with which parents mostly spoke with the child in his/her childhood. If the parents spoke different languages, the language that the mother used with the child is selected. The mother tongue does not have to be identical with nationality. Only one mother tongue can be registered, according to the resident's own decision.