why we call as mother tongue as mother tongue but not father tongue?

India
June 5, 2007 3:47am CST
I want to know the reason why we call as mother tongue but not brother tongue or father tongue or sister tongue please do reply me
1 response
@fidainc (410)
• Singapore
5 Jun 07
Good question... why mother nature and note father nature or aunt nature? Hehehe.. I'm just as curious