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Abstract Background: The importance of teaching-learning in the mother tongue has been emphasized at policy level. The Sustainable Development Goal 4 promotes learning in the mother tongue. This study was conducted with the aim of finding out the perspective of mother tongue learning amongst persons of different nationalities. Research Design: This research was conducted through a survey with the sample being 70 persons belonging to 32 countries. A random sample method was used. The research tool was questionnaire and the results were further explored through an interview schedule. Results The data was collected related to the pursuit of learning in their mother tongue at different educational levels along with the nature of difficulties faced if any. The results showed that 70% of the participants had studied in their mother tongue up to college level (51 participants), grade 12 (6 participants), grade 10 (2 participants) and grade 5 (3 participants) and 8 participants did not respond. Conclusion: The analysis showed that the students felt that teaching-learning in the mother tongue was important as it helped in better understanding of the topics. Such mother tongue learning helped learner in expressing themselves. However learning additional languages was important to perform in the global context.