International Mother Language Day is marked on 21 February, and with a fivefold increase in Mandarin speakers and an ageing generation of European migrants, SBS News explores where Australia is heading.
Five-year-old Amber has been raised to speak Greek and Mandarin.
“I want her to understand both cultures,” her mother Nina Sventek says after dropping her off at Greek school in South Oakleigh, Melbourne.
Nina was born in China, while her husband Nick’s parents are Greek and Croatian.
“We’re close to both grandparents, and we enjoy both ways of living; the food, the community, the festivals,” she says.
Read the full story in English here.
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