'mother tongue' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'mother tongue' with 5 example sentences.
See meaning of 'mother tongue'
- mother tongue noun
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: one's native language; the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next
Translating helps us to know our mother tongue better.
Italian is my mother tongue.
Lisa is German. German is her mother tongue.
Mr Wright speaks Japanese as if it were his mother tongue.
Not all Americans speak English as their mother tongue.