Interviewer instructions
67. Mother tongue (column 21). For each recorded person on the questionnaire, the enumerator will register the mother tongue, according to the free declaration of the person, in the column 21.
For children below 14 years of age, the mother tongue will be declared for them by their parents. For the persons deaf -- and -- dumb, or mentally ill, will be recorded, also, the statements of those who are living together with these persons.
A mark x will be recorded on the code box 10 (Romanian) -- for the persons who declared Romanian as being their mother tongue.
For persons declaring a mother tongue other than Romanian, the mother tongue as it was freely declared will be recorded on the space provided for mother tongue.
The enumerator will not codify the mother tongue.