mother tongue

mother tongue

n.

1. One's native language.

2. A parent language.

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mother tongue

n

1. (Linguistics) the language first learned by a child

2. (Linguistics) a language from which another has evolved

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mother tongue - one's native language; the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next first language, maternal language natural language, tongue - a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language

Translations

mother tongue n → lingua materna, madrelingua

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mother tongue n → lingua materna, madrelingua

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mother tongue → اللغة الأم mateřský jazyk modersmål Muttersprache μητρική γλώσσα lengua materna äidinkieli langue maternelle materinski jezik madrelingua 母国語 모국어 moedertaal morsmål język ojczysty língua materna родной язык modersmål ภาษาแม่ anadil tiếng mẹ đẻ 母语