mother tongue

Example Sentences

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But that authenticity was also palpable in Martin’s performance on Sunday — a vindication for all the years his mother tongue was manipulated in the mainstream.

From Los Angeles Times

The Kenyan's work spanned six decades and two languages - first English, and then his mother tongue, Kikuyu.

From BBC

He dropped his English name, James, and resolved to write only in the language of the Kikuyu people, his mother tongue.

From The Wall Street Journal

It just created this real, almost, like, subconscious intimacy because it’s the mother tongue.

From Los Angeles Times

At the time, Adamu argued that pupils grasped concepts more readily when taught in "their own mother tongue" - a view supported by numerous UN studies on early childhood education.

From BBC