THE ROLE OF MOTHER TONGUE İN CHİLDREN’SDEVELOPMENT

Abstract

         "Mother language is the spiritual vitality of the nation. Just as mother's milk is the fluid of the body, the mother tongue is the food of the soul." These sentences of Firudin Bey Kocherli, who fought for the protection and development of our language, reflect how important the mother tongue is in the formation of a nation. Language is not only a means of communication, it is one of the most important elements that create a nation, shape people, develop them as personalities, and form the basis of culture.