Tag: #MultilingualService
How Can I Help… in Your Mother Tongue?
Imagine calling customer care, frustrated about a service issue, and the agent picks up in your mother tongue. Not just Swahili or English—your actual home language. Kikuyu, Dholuo, Kamba, Luhya. The immediate relief! Like suddenly realizing you’re not in a corporate maze but talking to your auntie or a childhood friend.
Now, flip it. What if they didn’t speak your language at all? Worse, what if they assumed one? ‘Habari, ndugu’ when you’re clearly a Mukisii. The wahala. 🤦🏽♂️
On this International Mother Tongue Day, we reflect on the power of language in customer service. Should call centers embrace mother tongue services, or would it be too chaotic? Let’s talk!
