Home language

Synonyms for "home language" (18 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Adjective(3 words)
bilingual first languagesdominant home languagefirst languages
Noun(1 words)
family language base

Strong matches (5)

Noun(4 words)
first-languagehome language basehousehold language baselanguage heritage
Determiner(1 words)
most first-language

Related words (9)

Noun(4 words)
mother tonguenative languagenative-languagevernacular
Adjective(5 words)
native language reading assessmentsnative-language speakersprimary language for learningprimary languagesvernacular language

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

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The Pennsylvania-German patois, a gradual production of this mixture, is still the home language by the majority of firesides in many townships of Montgomery county, […]

Source: wiktionary

They are in the Tamil language, which is widely used as the home language throughout the Madras Presidency, and by all of the Tamils in the Island of Ceylon.

Source: wiktionary

In addition, cognitive skills such as thinking, reasoning, problem solving, and word choice, which the child uses in learning his home language, are the same skills needed to learn English, thus paving the way for later school success.

Source: wiktionary