Queen encourages people to read, write in native languages
The Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah has expressed her thoughts on learning to read and write in one's native language as well as learning another language.
"We would be fortunate to read our own respective newspapers if we were able to read and write in Mandarin and Tamil [you] will not lose in any way," she said in a series of tweets. "I didn't attend a religious school in Johor but because I was interested in Jawi, I taught myself by reading the"Although I can read Jawi [...] I am still learning to write in Jawi," she said.
"I have Cantonese blood but I don't know how to read or write . How fortunate if I could write in Cantonese too," she said.in July last year, the queen confirmed her Chinese lineage.
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