Native language

Synonyms for "native language" (27 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (6)

Adjective(2 words)
bilingual first languagesfirst languages
Noun(3 words)
first languagefirst language learnerfirst-language
Determiner(1 words)
first language writing assignment

Strong matches (8)

Noun(8 words)
german zungeheritage languagehome languagehome-languageindigenous languagel1 acquisitionlinguagens naturaislocal language

Related words (13)

Determiner(2 words)
most first-languagemost natural language
Noun(7 words)
most home language basedmother tonguemother-tonguenative tonguenative-languageregional languagevernacular
Adjective(3 words)
native referenceprimary language for learningprimary languages

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

4 entries
educationinstructionlanguagelinguistic communication

More specific

12 entries
EnglishEnglish booksGermanHindiMandarinMandarin postersSpanishSpanish worksheetschildhood languagehome languageindigenous languageregional language

Collocations

8 entries
first languagehome languagehome language useindigenous languagemother tonguenative language instructionnative language materialsnative language resources

Inflections

3 entries
more nativemost nativenative languages

Derivations

4 entries

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Mary Katharine, one of the things in California, kids apparently who speak English as a second language have a year in which they can take classes that are taught in their native language in addition to English, and some people would say that that should help them really get established and after that, you're on your own, go take all the tests in English.

Source: wiktionary

Mary Sarah Nelson, 93, is not the last of her tribe – there are four dozen left – but the last speaker of its language. The federal attempt to grant tax credits to Native American parents whose children prove fluent in Native languages has failed. When she switches from English to Eyak, there is a sadness to her that neither language can express.

Source: wiktionary

The irony of the Bibles and their translation into Native languages during the same period in which Native children were punished, even beaten, for speaking their language is another point left unexplored in the galleries of the NMAI.

Source: wiktionary

Additional Alaska Native language programs have been offered by the Goldbelt Corporation and Sealaska Corporation. Elementary, intermediate, and advanced Tlingit, as well as elementary Haida, have been taught at the University of Alaska Southeast by Native speakers who are fluent and also understand the worldview expressed by the languages, as reflected in their syntax and grammar and their cultural references.

Source: wiktionary