Mind Your Language!

My family’s multi-lingual
And it makes them very proud
My father unabashedly
Recites French verse aloud
Mother is competitive
Will not accept defeat
She shows off her shayaris
Quite an awesome feat!
Aunty Chen and Lily
Come from exotic lands
As fluently as they speak
The rest, ‘pretend’ to understand
My brother speaks Swahili
Or so, he highly claims
And everyone’s impressed
As he reels off abusive names
Watching from the sidelines
I stand up, all of three
Muttering much gibberish
I’m the pride of the family!