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How immigrant families pass on their native language to their children depends on their personal history.

Credit: RDNE Stock Project from Pexels According to Statistics Canada, one in four Canadians had at least one native language other than English or French in 2021. Many people grow up with a family heritage language such as Mandarin, Punjabi, Spanish or Arabic as part of their family cultural heritage. But why are some families successful in passing on their…