Bahasa Melayu
As a person raised in full "lingua franca", hard for me to imagine having a child who refuse to talk in "bahasa ibunda" (err.. I mean BM). My worry is towards people perception, some even think that I force him to speak english. I reminisce the moment in pasar malam where I actually had to pinch his back, constantly reminded him to talk in Malay to the man selling ayam percik or the mak cik yong tau fu. I had this neighbour who only speaks nothing but English to their children, as a result the language their good at beside English is Indon (influenced by the bibik). The kids at the lorong will laugh when the children says things like " mau pulang" or "enggak mau". I also have cousin who force the son to speak in english regardless to whom the kid is having conversation to. Too good to be truth, I have nothing against those who were originally brought up with "english" sorrounding this but it sound so unnatural to some people! macam fake