Similar words: language, bad language, metalanguage, sign language, body language, strong language, romance language, language barrier. Meaning: n. one's native language; the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next.
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(31) For generations, the vast majority have spoken Chinese as their first language.
(32) The article compares the first language acquisition with second language acquisition to illustrate that foreign language learning must emphasize memorisation, grammar, comparison and practice.
(33) And only 20 % of Muslims speak Arabic as their first language.
(34) NEC has put in effort to develop the first language translator software for Japan market.
(35) It is also the first language of sport and science.
(36) Perhaps we will soon find Chinese as the first language on such products'labels.
(37) Although philosophy no longer uses Latin as its first language,(http://sentencedict.com/first language.html) many of Cicero's philosophical terms are still in common employment today.
(38) The first language of Taiwanese English learners is Mandarin Chinese, known as a tonal language, and the target language they are learning is English, an intonational language.
(39) She writes very well seeing that English isn't her first language.
(40) French is spoken as the first language in this country.
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