But the American has lost the elementary uses of his mother tongue.

Hay Stockard swore, harshly, in the rugged monosyllables of his mother tongue.

They understand the Spanish language, but have not forgotten their mother tongue.

Russian, German and Hungarian have made French seem like my mother tongue-

Dutch meant freedom to him; his mother tongue had become a burden.

German was his mother tongue, but he also spoke Ukrainian and Romanian.

There can be no easy abandonment of mother , motherland or mother tongue.

Passing recent events in rapid review, he said, speaking in his mother tongue:

Commanding attention, in their mother tongue I addressed myself to the Mexican foreman.

Few men in that age and region were limited to their mother tongue.

Of the three native Americans two spoke only their mother tongue.

The present translation is thus the fifth into Campion's mother tongue.

Every person of intelligence should be able to use his mother tongue correctly.

Both writ novels, and each of them cultivated his mother tongue.

Only a very small proportion was translated into his mother tongue.

They promised to translate my short story into their mother tongue.