NOUN
- one's native language; the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next
How To Use first language In A Sentence
- An Italian citizen by birth, his first language is German, and it is in Germany and Austria that his fame, some might say infamy, is greatest.
- I tend to wear aids, but do define myself as deaf - I know quite a bit of BSL without it being my first language, I rely on lipreading/notetaking (in lectures/seminars) etc. DISABILITY 101: SOME GUIDELINES
- In parts of Canada, French is the first language.
- Saddam replaced some of the ancient Sumerian bricks containing the first language of cuneiform with his own inscriptions of self-aggrandizement. Rajai Hakki: An Arab-American Iraq War Veteran Returns to the Middle East,
- Bozo The Neoclown says: big john, is english your first language? Think Progress » Palin says she’s fine with Limbaugh’s use of the ‘r-word.’
- Perhaps you yourself might like to make a small-scale observational study in the acquisition of your own first language. Educational Psychology in a Changing World
- In parts of Canada, French is the first language.
- Use people-first language (e.g., people with disabilities) as well as gender-neutral language.
- Her mother was brought up by ayahs, Indian nurses, and spoke Urdu as her first language.
- The analysis also includes coding for assimilated or unassimilated names, helping us to determine the voters' first language - English or the language of their country of origin.
