Native Language (Noun)
Meaning
The language that a person has spoken from earliest childhood.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- Her native language is Spanish, but she is fluent in English and French as well.
- The company requires that the translator's native language be the target language of the translation.
- He struggled to learn the nuances of the language, which was not his native language.
- The child's native language was suppressed in favor of the dominant language of the country.
- The linguist studied the grammar and syntax of her native language to better understand its complexities.