NOUN | a native tongue | native tongues | |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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- Most of the people listed here are of Romanian ethnicity, whose native tongue is Romanian.
- A first language (L1), native language, native tongue, or mother tongue is the first language or dialect that a person has been exposed to from birth or within the critical period.
- Another primary language used in the province is Central Bikol which is the native tongue of the population on the eastern coast of the Bicol Peninsula.
- Some of Kerouac's poetry was written in French, and in letters written to friend Allen Ginsberg towards the end of his life, he expressed a desire to speak his parents' native tongue again.
- Prestige level disparity often leads to "diglossia": speakers in certain social contexts consciously choose a prestige language or dialect over a less prestigious one, even if it is their native tongue.
- Many of the ancient hymns of the church are still maintained in this native tongue although several have been translated into Arabic, English, French and other languages.
- Akçura therefore spoke for the Tatars and demanded the same civil, politic and religious rights as the Russian Orthodox and the right to teach in their native tongue.
- Some competitors (notably Portugal and Yugoslavia) opted to perform their songs in English for the rehearsals heard by the judges, but in their native tongue at the final.
- Gĩkũyũs speak the Gĩkũyũ language as their native tongue, which is a member of the Bantu language family.
- Analysis of glossolalics reveals a pseudo-language that lacks consistent syntax, semantic meaning, usually rhythmic or poetic in nature and is similar to the speaker's native tongue.
- Within the map is depicted a warrior's headdress and the words "Blackfeet Nation" and "Pikuni" (the name of the tribe in the Algonquian native tongue of the Blackfoot).
- Although it is rumored that he cursed his audiences in his native tongue during the show, the historian Utley contends that he did not.
- In the late imperial period, more than two-thirds of the Han Chinese population used a variant of Mandarin Chinese as their native tongue.
- His generation of Czechs was educated in German, and he had difficulty expressing himself in what was supposedly his native tongue.
- 6% of those who responded declared their native tongue to be French, 0.6% declared English, and 0.8% listed a different language.
- The Franciscan Friars of Mary Immaculate are taught basic Polish so they can sing the traditional hymns sung by Kolbe, in his native tongue.
- Many Mayan children are forced to learn Spanish and cease using their native tongue, which may be challenging for them to do.
- The first explorer into the area was Father Marquette, for whom Picard was the native tongue.
- Inabaknon, a unique language said to be one of the most preserved languages to date, is the native tongue of the populace in the island town of Capul.
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