second language or mother tongue?

If you have a choice to choose your child's second language or mother tongue, what would it be and why?

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I live in South Africa and I agree with the moms.. English is an international language, hence English first language and Afrikaans (a little more close to home) second language and when he goes to school he will have the opportunity should he find it interesting to learn an african language