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'mother tongue' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'mother tongue' with 5 example sentences.


mother tongue noun

: 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.
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