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mother tongue

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mother tongue

▶noun a person's native language.

'mother tongue' also found in these Oxford entries:

coloured - Creole - vernacular

Forum discussions with the word(s) "mother tongue" in the title:

As mother tongue
expatriate mother-tongue English
First language, mother tongue or L1? Second language or L2? Target language?
for a native speaker to explain 'their' mother tongue [gender neutral pronoun]
mother language/mother tongue
mother tongue [why 'mother'?]
Mother tongue in Spanish [level of language skill]
Mother tongue or tongues?
my mother tongue
My mother tongue is (is not) English [acceptable?]
The word "Native" vs. "Mother tongue"
Why do people still say "mother tongue"?

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