The Correlation between Mother Tongue and Intangible Culture Patrimony -Concerning Some Specifities of Telemcen Region

Nowadays, the mother tongue is regarded as an essential factor in the human relationships; as it supports the establishment of the social link. It remains the basis of reasoning of every human being since it starts to be acquired from the time the latter is still in his fetal stage. Indeed, it represents the fundamental tool for the anthropologist to interact with the members of the community of which they represent the subjects of his empirical research. Through the mother tongue, the anthropologist acquires the mechanisms considered to be essential for the preservation of an intangible cultural patrimony, which seems vulnerable to disappearance due to globalization and its impact on the components of a sociocultural environment. The acquisition of a mother tongue is part of a profoundly intimate and social process. From the very beginning, children internalize not only a linguistic system, but also a set of values, traditions and symbolic representations specific to their community.