Native Speaker (Noun)
Meaning
A speaker of a particular language who has spoken that language since earliest childhood; "native speakers of French".
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The language school only hired native speakers of English to teach their classes.
- She was a native speaker of Spanish, but had also become fluent in French and German.
- The company required a native speaker of Mandarin to translate their marketing materials.
- As a native speaker of Arabic, he was able to communicate effectively with the local population.
- The linguistics professor was studying the language patterns of native speakers of Portuguese.