native language

/ˌneɪdɪv ˌlæŋgwɪdʒ/
/ˈneɪtɪv ˈlæŋgwɪdʒ/
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Other forms: native languages

Definitions of native language
  1. noun
    the language that a person has spoken from earliest childhood
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    type of:
    language, linguistic communication
    a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
Pronunciation
US
/ˌneɪdɪv ˌlæŋgwɪdʒ/
UK
/ˈneɪtɪv ˈlæŋgwɪdʒ/
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