One's native language; the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next.
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Examples for "mother tongue"
Examples for "mother tongue"
1But the American has lost the elementary uses of his mother tongue.
2Hay Stockard swore, harshly, in the rugged monosyllables of his mother tongue.
3They understand the Spanish language, but have not forgotten their mother tongue.
4Russian, German and Hungarian have made French seem like my mother tongue-
5Dutch meant freedom to him; his mother tongue had become a burden.
1Today, the first language is English, and the second language is Chinese.
2Children whose first language isn't English have a hard time getting by.
3I am a South African citizen, and English is my first language.
4Being deaf, I communicate in my first language - Irish Sign Language.
5Phillip switched easily to the French that had been his first language.
1Besides, Italian was Juana's maternal language.
Translations for maternal language