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      [Noun]  | "mother tongue" 


      1: one's native language

      2: a language from which another language derives


      Origin: 14th century ;

      [Noun]  | "mother tongue" 


      1: the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication;


        * e.g., " ... although the anthropologist could speak the local language fairly well, she was always glad to find someone who shared her mother tongue "



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       [ "mother tongue" ]

      1: The first language an individual learns. The language that person grew up speaking

        * e.g.,  ... The sex was so good that she stopped speaking english and starting speaking in her mother tongue 

       [ "The Mother Tongue" ]

      1: Profanity, especially when used to berate another person.

        * e.g.,  ... You should have seen Bill speak the mother tongue to his brother last night. 

       [ "the one your mother tongue" ]

      1: the one your mother tongue

        * e.g.,  ... the one your mother tongue 

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