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