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Etymology
See separate entries for mother and tongue

Noun
wikipedia|first language
en-noun|sg=mother tongue

1. The language one first learnt; the language one grew up with.
2. The language spoken by one�s ancestors.

Synonyms
first language, native language

Translations

Croatian: materinji jezik m; materinski jezik m
Dutch: moedertaal f
Estonian: emakeel
Finnish: äidinkieli
French: langue maternelle f (1)
German: Muttersprache f
Greek: μη��ική γλ���α f
Hebrew: שפת �� (sfat 'em) f
Icelandic: móðurmál n (1)
Italian: madrelingua f
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Japanese: JAchar|�� (bogo)
Kurdish: KUchar|زک�اک
Maori: reo tupu
Persian: FAchar|زبا� �ادر� (zabân mâdari)
Polish: j�zyk ojczysty m
Romanian: limba matern� f
Russian: �одной �з�к (rodnój jazýk) m, �одна� �е�� (rodnája re��) f
Swedish: modersmål n
Telugu: �మ�మభాష, మాత�భాష

See also
ancestry
ethnicity

Category:French derivations

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