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  1. mother-tongue: Wordnik
  2. mother-tongue: Wiktionary
  3. Mother-tongue: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Mother-tongue: Glossary of Translation and Interpreting Terminology

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Definitions from Wiktionary (mother-tongue)

▸ noun:  (attributive) mother tongue

Similar:
father tongue, birth-tongue, birthtongue, birth tongue, mother country, motherland, first language, heritage language, fatherland, heritage speaker, more...

Opposite:
second language, foreign language, non-native language

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Similar:
father tongue, birth-tongue, birthtongue, birth tongue, mother country, motherland, first language, heritage language, fatherland, heritage speaker, more...

Opposite:
second language, foreign language, non-native language



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