CULTURAL INFLUENCE IN OUR MOTHER TONGUE Perception of the students of the instituto cristocentrico Del Caribe, Cartagena Colombia. There are as many cultures as places in the world and all of them have been created by the Human being; In order to define ourselves, In other words, each culture is the reflection of those who live it. Culture does not invent itself, it arises and it is changing, as we are. When we are born, we do not have the opportunity to choose our traditions, our customs, those that characterize a people, if not that we are chosen by those traditions, through the transmission of our ancestors or fathers, of our society; In this way, language becomes a fundamental aspect of culture, because without it we would lose a great cultural heritage. In the past, the spoken language was the only way to convey the customs and traditions of each people. These were transferred from parents to children and remained orally. Because of this, the original cul...