i should say i would like to speak both languages fluently. i grew up listening to o’odham language in my gram’s home you would think i would know it forward and backwards. but i don’t. (insert sad face here) i dunno there wasn’t really any emphasis placed on my family teaching us the language. my dad being the product of the indian boarding school system, he especially didn’t want me to experience that whole thing. i remember one time he told me as long as you live you’ll never go to boarding school. i was like what is a boarding school? haha i was naive. (is that how you spell naive?) as far as my mom’s language, i heard someone say it is one of the harder languages to learn and to be honest i’m somewhat intimidated by that statement. i can’t remember the exact number but i think there are less then 50 native piipaash speakers. sad it truly is a dying language. i hope someday i can fulfill this goal of mine. wish me luck. better yet pray for me.