The resistance to translanguaging, spontaneous translanguagers and native speaker saviorism

Figures & data

Table 1. Demographic information of participants.

Name	Ethnicity	Age	Occupation
Hulan	Mongolian	43	Postgraduate student/casual tutor
Saruul	Mongolian	38	Housewife
Zorig	Mongolian	7	Primary school student

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Interview	English translation
(1) Bi medeej Mongolian and Englishiig udur tutamdaa tsaanaasaa hereglene.	Of course, I naturally use both English and Mongolian in my daily life.
(2) Uuruu medehguieer ihenhdee.	Without even realizing it most of the time.
(3) Tegeheer minii daily communication, medeej, English and Mongolianii hoorond gesen ug.	So, my daily communication is, of course, defined across both English and Mongolian.
(4) Both chuhal.	Both [languages] are important.

Note: English- bold; Mongolian – regular font.

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#	OEO session	English translation
1.	Zorig: Mommy, I want this mashin, please! Mashin, mashin, please! [Yelling]	Mommy, I want this car, please! Car, car, please! [Yelling]
2.	Saruul: No! Chamd aimar olon mashin baigaashd. No, sorry!	No! You have so many cars. No, sorry!
3.	Zorig: Mommy, avaad uguuch, please! [yelling and crying]	Mommy, please get me! [yelling and crying]

Note: English- bold; Mongolian – regular font; Russian – italicized.