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Meanings of maternal language in English

Portuguese
língua materna
Catalan
llengua materna
Spanish
lengua materna

One's native language; the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next.

        língua materna
        Synonyms
        Examples for "mother tongue"
        Examples for "mother tongue"
        1
        But the American has lost the elementary uses of his mother tongue.
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 / A Magazin...
        2
        Hay Stockard swore, harshly, in the rugged monosyllables of his mother tongue.
        The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke
        3
        They understand the Spanish language, but have not forgotten their mother tongue.
        Arizona Sketches
        4
        Russian, German and Hungarian have made French seem like my mother tongue-
        Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis
        5
        Dutch meant freedom to him; his mother tongue had become a burden.
        The ministry of pain
        1
        Today, the first language is English, and the second language is Chinese.
        The Irish Times
        2
        Children whose first language isn't English have a hard time getting by.
        Ebony
        3
        I am a South African citizen, and English is my first language.
        The South African
        4
        Being deaf, I communicate in my first language - Irish Sign Language.
        The Irish Times
        5
        Phillip switched easily to the French that had been his first language.
        Iron lace
        Usage of maternal language in English
        1
        Besides, Italian was Juana's maternal language.
        Juana
        Translations for maternal language