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Mother tongue

British pronunciation/mˈʌðə tˈʌŋ/
American pronunciation/mˈʌðɚ tˈʌŋ/
Mother tongue
[NOUN]
1

the first language that a baby acquires naturally; the native language

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Examples
1Vietnamese is her mother tongue, but she also speaks fluent English.
2Spanish is her mother tongue, so she speaks it fluently.
3My final book recommendation is The Mother Tongue by the same author, Bill Bryson.
4People have their own mother tongue.
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