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mother tongue (plural mother tongues)
- The language one first learnt; the language one grew up with; one's native language.
- The language spoken by one’s ancestors.
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one's native tongue
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- Italian: madrelingua it(it) f.
- Japanese: 母語 ja(ja) (ぼご, bogo), 母国語 ja(ja) (ぼこくご, bokokugo)
- Korean: 모어 ko(ko) (mo-eo) (母語 ko(ko)), 모국어 ko(ko) (mogug-eo) (母国語 ko(ko))
- Macedonian: мајчин јазик mk(mk) (májčin jázik) m.
- Old English: mōdorsprǣc ang(ang) f.
- Polish: język ojczysty pl(pl) m.
- Portuguese: língua materna f.
- Persian: زبان مادری fa(fa) (zabân-e mâdari)
- Portuguese: língua materna pt(pt) f.
- Romanian: limba maternă ro(ro) f.
- Russian: родной язык ru(ru) (rodnój jazýk) m., родная речь ru(ru) (rodnája reč’) f.
- Serbo-Croatian: матерњи језик sh(sh) m., материњи језик sh(sh) m., матерински језик sh(sh) m., maternji jezik sh(sh) m., materinji jezik sh(sh) m., materinski jezik sh(sh) m.
- Slovene: materni jezik sl(sl) m.
- Swedish: modersmål sv(sv) n.
- Thai: ภาษาแม่ th(th) (mæ̀ p̣hās̄ʹā)
- Ukrainian: рідна мова uk(uk) (rídna móva) f.
- Vietnamese: mẹ đẻ vi(vi)
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