mother tongue

noun

1. one's native language
the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next

Synonym: maternal languagefirst language

1. 母语;本国语;本族语
Your mother tongue is the language that you learn from your parents when you are a baby.

1. 母语：美国著名华裔女作家谭恩美在80年代,曾经写过一篇题目为<>(Mother Tongue)的随笔,文中说,长久以来,她使用两种英语,一种是从学校和书籍学来,用于写作和演讲的标准英语,另外一种是和母亲交流的家用英语.

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2. 本国语言：mother surrogate 代理母亲 | mother tongue 本国语言 | mother wit 天赋智力

3. 母语,本国语：mother talk (父母親幼兒使說的)簡單話語;幼稚語;兒童語言 | mother tongue 母語;本國語 | motherese 幼稚語

4. 母语,本族语：母栓/female plug | 母语,本族语/mother tongue | 木柄手榴弹/potato masher