Question

schooled
1 offin, how old was
beloved queen victoria
when she became heir
to the throne? mr. goodluck phillip, our teacher,
5 asks,
startling me
out of my dream.
my cousin,
who thinks he is better
10 than me at everything,
giggles, then shoots
his hand up fast,
but mr. phillip is talking
to me, staring
15 at me, daring
me
to answer incorrectly.
i will! like kofi offin
to answer the question, please, he says.
20 dunwòbwe, i proudly answer,
standing among
my classmates, smiling
like i just bit into
the sweetest mango.
based on clues in the passage, in what
language does the speaker initially respond to
mr. phillip’s question?
the queens english
his native language
a language he made up
american english

Explanation:

The speaker responds with "Dunwɔbwe", a word that is not standard English (Queen's or American) nor a clearly invented nonsense term. This is their native language, a non-English tongue, used to answer the teacher's question.

Answer:

His native language