native tongue
Example Sentences
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For the first time in their history, the English possessed, in their own hands and in their native tongue, the entire New Testament.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Whether you watch with the original Spanish track or the English dub, the dialogue is laced with phrases and words in the Nahuatl language, the native tongue of the Aztecs.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025
For me, as a third-culture kid navigating multiple identities, I always felt torn—caught between the cultural world my parents raised me in and the white Pennsylvania suburb that rejected our customs and native tongue.
From Salon • Feb. 22, 2025
She has no background in instruction, and the only language that she and her pupils share is English, which is not a native tongue for any of them.
From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2024
Use a language other than your native tongue.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
