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native language

[ ney-tiv lang-gwij ]

noun

  1. a language that a person acquires fully through extensive exposure in childhood:

    Many Diné children learn Navajo as a native language.



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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of native language1

First recorded in 1425–75 as natife langage
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Example Sentences

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“They have provided application readers with applicants’ demographic information, including their names, native languages, and birthplaces, which could bias the readers’ evaluations.â€

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She said some residents avoided evacuation centers because there were no interpreters to assist them, while others complained they could not find online information about the fires in their native language.

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A Korean-born reporter’s embrace of an egalitarian English pronoun freed her from the linguistic maze in her native language.

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She looked so at ease, and she was, cracking jokes with the moms in her native language and letting the kids strum on her guitar.

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But he hopes that translation tools based on artificial intelligence will soon allow authors in poorer countries to reach readers elsewhere in the world without forgoing publishing in their native languages.

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