Definitions for native language
na·tive lan·guage

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. native languagenoun

   the language that a person has spoken from earliest childhood

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. native languagenoun

   The language of a Native or Aboriginal people (often capitalized).

2. native languagenoun

   One's first language, learned in early childhood.

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1. native language

   A native language, also known as first language, mother tongue, or cradle language, refers to the language a person acquires or learns first, typically from early childhood because it is spoken and used in the domestic environment where they grew up. It is the language a person speaks most fluently and naturally, often associated with family, culture, and personal identity.

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1. native language

   The language of a specific area or country.

   Native language is important to some people so they use it.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 19, 2021  

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1. • Language

How to pronounce native language?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say native language in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of native language in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of native language in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of native language in a Sentence

1. Dalia Gabriela Garcia Acoltzi:

   We are going to need better English teachers, who better than a Mexican citizen who has learned it as their native language?

2. Benjamin Lee Whorf:

   We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native language. Language is not simply a reporting device for experience but a defining framework for it.

3. Keith Adams:

   This is our first language, this is our native language, we're using our native language on the field.

4. Valeriya Lutkovskaya:

   People are afraid to express their opinion, they feel fear for their life and future, fear to espouse their faith and speak in their native language.

5. Duane Dunston:

   The whole idea behind this technology is to communicate with victims in their native language as a gesture of compassion, safety and hope.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=native language
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Native_Language
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com