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bogo
noun

English Meaning(s) for 母語

noun
  1. mother tongue; native language
  2. protolanguage; parent language

Definition and Synonyms for 母語

Native Language the language that a person has spoken from earliest childhood
Synonyms: 母語
Maternal Language one's native language
Synonyms: 母国語, 母語
Maternal Language the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next
Synonyms: 母国語, 母語

Meanings for each kanji in 母語

» mama; mother
» word; speech; language

Categories 母語 is a member of

Linguistic Communication a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
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Tongue a human written or spoken language used by a community
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Stroke Order Diagrams for 母語

Sample Sentences for 母語

The first native speaker of Esperanto was a girl who was born in 1904. The amount of people who speak Esperanto today number in the thousands.
Not all Americans speak English as their mother tongue.
Our native language is Japanese.
What is your mother tongue?
French is her first language.

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