tongueheirloom
/ˈtʌŋˌeəluːm/nounVerified NewA heritage language carried by the second generation in fragments — kitchen phrases, curses, lullabies — rather than fluency.
The inheritance arrives without instruction: enough to understand grandma, not enough to answer her. Each holder keeps the pieces polished and mourns the missing grammar without knowing its name.
Etym. — tongue + heirloom: language as the bequeathed object no one taught you to use.
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