i know of some bi/multilingual families in the us who’d talk to each other in their native tongue when they didn’t want the kids to know what they were saying.
i speak my dad’s native spanish as well as dad’s learned portuguese, but i don’t speak the polish or norwegian from the other side of mom’s family. (she’s also latina but doesn’t natively speak spanish)
however, i’m learning the two i don’t know, and practicing polish (the language my mom does know) with her
My daughter in law is from Myanmar so I really should learn Burmese one of these days, unfortunately I’m not finding a lot of local resources on that language. :(
i once dated a girl (lost contact with her years ago) from myanmar. she spoke burmese at school (we were in high school) and with family but mainly spoke to her online friends and me. she also prefered english and while she could speak/understand spoken burmese, she could not read it without translating into english
could she perhaps teach you?? burmese seems like a cool language
I kinda want to surprise her for when we get grand kids. :)
There’s a large population of Burmese in my city, and learning a bit would probably help with things at work sometimes, but yeah, not many resources.