mother language
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Chan said he had been running the group to promote the mother language of many Hong Kongers for 10 years.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2023
Letter-writing helps me process my thoughts better than phone calls since I cannot speak their mother language.
From Salon ● Nov. 12, 2020
Hymns were initially sung in German because a lot of parishioners didn’t speak English “and because it was their mother language and they felt more comfortable,” said Siewert.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 15, 2018
I am one of the few German journalists who speak Arabic as a mother language and I was the only one at the magazine who could read the whole issue.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 23, 2018
I didn't fix the mother language, and I can't unfix it,' said the Captain coolly; 'else I'd make it pleasant.
From Martin Chuzzlewit by Dickens, Charles
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