native speaker

See also: Native Speaker and native Speaker

English

Noun

native speaker (plural native speakers)

1. (linguistics) A person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue.

   Synonym: L1 speaker

   Antonym: non-native speaker

   Native speakers of English get paid much more than locals in the schools.

Related terms

• native-speaking

Translations

person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue

• Afrikaans: moedertaalspreker
• Arabic: نَاطِق أَصْلِيّ m (nāṭiq ʔaṣliyy)
• Belarusian: носьбіт мовы (nósʹbit móvy)
• Bulgarian: носи́тел на ези́ка m (nosítel na ezíka)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 母語者／母语者, 母语者 (mou⁵ jyu⁵ ze²), 母語人士／母语人士 (mou⁵ jyu⁵ jan⁴ si⁶), 母语人士 (mou⁵ jyu⁵ jan⁴ si⁶)

  Mandarin: 母語者／母语者, 母语者 (mǔyǔzhě), 母語人士／母语人士 (mǔyǔ rénshì), 母语人士 (mǔyǔ rénshì)

• Cornish: kowser a vyghan m, kowsores a vyhan f
• Czech: rodilý mluvčí (cs) m, rodilý uživatel jazyka m
• Dutch: moedertaalspreker (nl) m, moedertaalspreekster f
• Esperanto: denaskulo
• Finnish: syntyperäinen puhuja
• French: locuteur natif (fr) m, locutrice native f
• Galician: falante nativo m, falante nativa f
• German: Muttersprachler (de) m, Muttersprachlerin (de) f, native speaker (de) m, native Speaker (de) m, Native Speaker (de) m (Duden), Muttersprachiger m (Swiss), Muttersprachige f (Swiss)
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: anyanyelvi beszélő
• Indo-Portuguese: falante nativo m
• Indonesian: penutur asli, pengguna asli bahasa, penutur jati (id)
• Irish: cainteoir dúchais m
• Italian: madrelingua (it) m or f
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• Japanese: 母語話者 (ぼごわしゃ, bogowasha), ネイティブスピーカー (neitibu supīkā)
• Kapampangan: tubong talasalita
• Khmer: វាគ្មិនភាសា (viəkmɨnphiəsaa), អ្នកនិយាយភាសាកំណើត (ʼnɑɑkniyiəyphiəsaakɑmnaət)
• Korean: 모국어 사용자 (mogugeo sayongja)
• Macedonian: роден говорник m (roden govornik)
• Malay: penutur jati
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: native speaker (pl) m, native speakerka (pl) f, rodzimy użytkownik języka m, rodzima użytkowniczka języka f, nosiciel języka m (rare, Russianism), rodowity użytkownik języka m, rodowita użytkowniczka języka f
• Portuguese: falante nativo m, falante nativa f
• Romanian: vorbitor nativ m, vorbitoare nativă f
• Russian: носи́тель языка́ m (nosítelʹ jazyká), носи́тельница языка́ f (nosítelʹnica jazyká)
• Scottish Gaelic: fileantach m
• Serbo-Croatian: izvorni govornik m
• Slovak: rodený hovoriaci m, rodený používateľ jazyka m
• Spanish: hablante nativo m, hablante nativa f
• Swedish: (person) med ... som modersmål, modersmålstalare c
• Tagalog: katutubong mananalita, katutubong tagapagsalita, katutubong tagapagwika
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: เจ้าของภาษา (th) (jâo-kɔ̌ɔng-paa-sǎa)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: носій мови (nosij movy)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: siaradwr brodorol m, siaradwraig frodorol f
• Yiddish: please add this translation if you can

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈneɪ̯tɪv ˈspiːkə/, /ˈneːtɪf ˈspiːkə/, /ˈneːtɪf ˈspiːkɐ/
• Hyphenation: na‧tive spea‧ker

Noun

native speaker m (genitive native speaker, plural native speakers)

1. Alternative form of Native Speaker

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English native speaker.

Pronunciation

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• Audio:

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Noun

native speaker m pers

1. native speaker

Declension

Declension of native speaker

	singular	plural
nominative	native speaker	native speakerzy
genitive	native speakera	native speakerów
dative	native speakerowi	native speakerom
accusative	native speakera	native speakerów
instrumental	native speakerem	native speakerami
locative	native speakerze	native speakerach
vocative	native speakerze	native speakerzy

Synonyms

• rodzimy użytkownik języka

Antonyms

• nierodzimy użytkownik języka

Related terms

• native speakerka