"mother tongue" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmʌð.ə ˌtʌŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmʌð.ɚ ˌtʌŋ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-mother tongue.wav Forms: mother tongues [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English mother tonge, modyr tong, equivalent to mother + tongue. Compare Old Norse móðurtunga (“mother tongue”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mother tonge}} Middle English mother tonge, {{com|en|mother|tongue}} mother + tongue, {{cog|non|móðurtunga|t=mother tongue}} Old Norse móðurtunga (“mother tongue”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} mother tongue (plural mother tongues)
  1. The language one first learned; the language one grew up with; one's native language. Categories (topical): Language Synonyms: first language, mother language, native language, native tongue, L1 Translations (one's native tongue): moedertaal (Afrikaans), huistaal (Afrikaans), gjuhë nëne [feminine] (Albanian), gjuhë amtare [feminine] (Albanian), لُغَة أُمّ (luḡat ʔumm) [feminine] (Arabic), لُغَة قَوْمِيَّة (luḡa qawmiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), لُغَة أُولَى (luḡa ʔūlā) [feminine] (Arabic), մայրենի լեզու (mayreni lezu) (Armenian), llingua materna [feminine] (Asturian), ana dili (Azerbaijani), آنا دیلی [Arabic] (Azerbaijani), туған тел (tuğan tel) (Bashkir), ama-hizkuntza (Basque), ро́дная мо́ва (ródnaja móva) [feminine] (Belarusian), মাতৃভাষা (matribhaśa) (Bengali), ро́ден ези́к (róden ezík) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ма́йчин ези́к (májčin ezík) [masculine] (Bulgarian), မိခင်ဘာသာစကား (mi.hkangbhasaca.ka:) (Burmese), အမိဘာသာစကား (a.mi.bhasaca.ka:) (Burmese), материньскый язык (materynʹskŷj jazŷk) [masculine] (Carpathian Rusyn), llengua materna [feminine] (Catalan), llengua nativa (Catalan), ᎤᏂᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ (uniwonihisdi) (Cherokee), 母語 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 母语 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 母語 (Chinese Cantonese), 母语 (mou⁵ jyu⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 母語 (Chinese Mandarin), 母语 (mǔyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 本族語 (Chinese Mandarin), 本族语 (běnzúyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), mammyeth [feminine] (Cornish), yeth vamm [feminine] (Cornish), ana tili (Crimean Tatar), mateřský jazyk [masculine] (Czech), rodný jazyk [masculine] (Czech), mateřština [feminine] (Czech), modersmål [neuter] (Danish), төрөөбүт тыл (törööbüt tıl) (Dolgan), moedertaal [common-gender] (Dutch), moerstaal [colloquial, common-gender] (Dutch), hejmlingvo (Esperanto), emakeel (Estonian), móðurmál [feminine] (Faroese), äidinkieli (Finnish), langue maternelle [feminine] (French), marilenghe [feminine] (Friulian), lingua materna [feminine] (Galician), მშობლიური ენა (mšobliuri ena) (Georgian), დედაენა (dedaena) (Georgian), Muttersprache [feminine] (German), Erstsprache [feminine] (German), Mueterspraach [Alemannic-German, feminine] (German), μητρική γλώσσα (mitrikí glóssa) [feminine] (Greek), માતૃભાષા (mātŕbhāṣā) (Gujarati), 阿姆話 (Hakka Chinese), 阿姆话 (â-mê-fa) (Hakka Chinese), שְׂפַת אֵם (s'fat 'ém) [feminine] (Hebrew), मातृभाषा (mātŕbhāṣā) [feminine] (Hindi), मादरी ज़बान (mādrī zabān) [feminine] (Hindi), anyanyelv (Hungarian), Muttersproch [feminine] (Hunsrik), móðurmál [neuter] (Icelandic), matrala linguo (Ido), bahasa ibu (Indonesian), máthairtheanga [feminine] (Irish), teanga dhúchais [feminine] (Irish), madrelingua [feminine] (Italian), 母語 (bogo) (alt: ぼご) (Japanese), 母国語 (bokokugo) (alt: ぼこくご) (Japanese), 自国語 (jikokugo) (alt: じこくご) (Japanese), төрскн келн (törskn keln) (Kalmyk), ಮಾತೃಭಾಷೆ (mātṛbhāṣe) (Kannada), rodnô mòwa [feminine] (Kashubian), ана тілі (ana tılı) (Kazakh), ភាសាកំណើត (phiəsaa kɑmnaət) (Khmer), 모어 (mo'eo) (alt: 母語) (Korean), 모국어 (mogugeo) (alt: 母國語) (Korean), эне тили (ene tili) (Kyrgyz), ພາສາແມ່ (phā sā mǣ) (Lao), dzimtā valoda [feminine] (Latvian), дидед чӏал (dided č̣al) (Lezgi), gimtoji kalba [feminine] (Lithuanian), jemākēļ (Livonian), Modersprak [feminine] (Low German), Modersprake [feminine] (Low German), Moodersprak [feminine, rare] (Low German), Muddersprak [feminine] (Low German), maśeršćina [feminine] (Lower Sorbian), ма́јчин ја́зик (májčin jázik) [masculine] (Macedonian), bahasa ibunda (Malay), ᠨᡳᠶᠠᠮᠠᠩᡤᠠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ (niyamangga gisun) (Manchu), çhengey ny mayrey [feminine] (Manx), reo ūkaipō (Maori), मातृभाषा (mātŕbhāṣā) [feminine] (Marathi), मायबोली (māybolī) [feminine] (Marathi), Mōdersprāke [feminine] (Middle Low German), төрөлх хэл (törölx xel) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), эх хэл (ex xel) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), zimanê maderî (Northern Kurdish), zimanê zikmakî (Northern Kurdish), zimanê bavkalan (Northern Kurdish), morsmål [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), morsmål [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), lenguo maire [Mistralian, feminine] (Occitan), مورنۍ ژبه (moranǝy žǝba) [feminine] (Pashto), زبان مادری (zabân-e mâdari) (Persian), język ojczysty [masculine] (Polish), língua materna [feminine] (Portuguese), língua nativa [feminine] (Portuguese), ਮਾਂ ਬੋਲੀ (mā̃ bolī) (Punjabi), ماں بولِی (māṉ bolī) [Shahmukhi] (Punjabi), مات بولِی (māt bolī) [Shahmukhi] (Punjabi), limbă maternă [feminine] (Romanian), limbă nativă [feminine] (Romanian), limbă natală [feminine] (Romanian), родно́й язы́к (rodnój jazýk) [masculine] (Russian), родна́я речь (rodnája rečʹ) [feminine] (Russian), mither tongue (Scots), cànan màthaireil [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), cainnt mhàthaireil [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), матерњи језик [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), материњи језик [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), матерински језик [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), maternji jezik [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), materinji jezik [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), materinski jezik [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), туған тили (tuğan tili) (Shor), මවු බස (mawu basa) (Sinhalese), materinský jazyk [masculine] (Slovak), rodný jazyk [masculine] (Slovak), materinská reč [feminine] (Slovak), máterni jêzik [masculine] (Slovene), materinščina [feminine] (Slovene), lengua materna [feminine] (Spanish), lengua nativa [feminine] (Spanish), lengua natal [feminine] (Spanish), lugha ya mama (Swahili), modersmål [neuter] (Swedish), inang-wika (Tagalog), katutubong wika (Tagalog), inang wika (Tagalog), забони модарӣ (zabon-i modari) (Tajik), தாய்மொழி (tāymoḻi) (Tamil), தாய் மொழி (tāy moḻi) (Tamil), туган тел (tuğan tel) (Tatar), ана теле (ana tele) (Tatar), దేశభాష (dēśabhāṣa) (Telugu), మాతృ భాష (mātr̥ bhāṣa) (Telugu), ภาษาแม่ (paa-sǎa-mɛ̂ɛ) (Thai), ቋንቋ ኣደ (ḳʷanḳʷa ʾadä) (Tigrinya), ana dili (Turkish), ene dili (Turkmen), рі́дна мо́ва (rídna móva) [feminine] (Ukrainian), maćeršćina [feminine] (Upper Sorbian), maćerna rěč [feminine] (Upper Sorbian), مادری زبان (mādrī zubān) [feminine] (Urdu), ئانا تىل (ana til) (Uyghur), ئانا تىلى (ana tili) (Uyghur), ona tili (Uzbek), tiếng mẹ đẻ (Vietnamese), ngôn ngữ mẹ đẻ (Vietnamese), ngôn ngữ đầu tiên (Vietnamese), motapük (Volapük), lomapük (Volapük), lingaedje del mame [masculine] (Walloon), mamiaith [feminine] (Welsh), מאַמע־לשון (mame-loshn) [neuter] (Yiddish), מוטער־שפּראַך (muter-shprakh) [feminine] (Yiddish), vahcoj (Zhuang)
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Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scots translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Shor translations, Terms with Sinhalese translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swahili translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Tajik translations, Terms with Tamil translations, Terms with Tatar translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Tigrinya translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Turkmen translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Upper Sorbian translations, Terms with Urdu translations, Terms with Uyghur translations, Terms with Uzbek translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Volapük translations, Terms with Walloon translations, Terms with Welsh translations, Terms with Yiddish translations, Terms with Zhuang translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 20 25 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 56 14 19 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 67 10 15 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 66 9 18 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 58 14 20 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Albanian translations: 58 14 20 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Alemannic German translations: 66 11 15 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 59 15 17 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 56 15 20 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 58 14 18 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 59 15 17 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Bashkir translations: 58 14 19 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Basque translations: 58 14 19 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 58 14 18 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 50 18 22 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 58 14 19 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Burmese translations: 56 15 21 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 62 14 16 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Carpathian Rusyn translations: 60 15 17 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 58 14 19 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Central Kurdish translations: 76 8 11 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Cherokee translations: 59 15 17 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Cornish translations: 58 14 19 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Crimean Tatar translations: 55 17 18 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 57 14 20 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 70 11 13 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Dolgan translations: 62 13 16 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 56 15 18 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 63 13 16 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 58 14 20 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 58 14 20 8 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  2. The language spoken by one’s ancestors.
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  3. The language spoken by one's mother, when it differs from that spoken by one's father. Related terms: ancestry, ethnicity
    Sense id: en-mother_tongue-en-noun-yjiwfFlZ
  4. Informal speech, as opposed to educated language.
    Sense id: en-mother_tongue-en-noun-Eq~lXQy5

Inflected forms

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          "text": "His mother tongue is a relatively conservative dialect of Aramaic.",
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          "text": "In the early Middle Ages, 'mother tongue' was largely 'a pejorative term to describe the unlearned language of women and children' (Haugen 1991: 82). This reflected the low status of women in society and contrasted with Latin, the more prestigious 'father tongue' on the continent.",
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          "code": "rue",
          "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
          "roman": "materynʹskŷj jazŷk",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "материньскый язык"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "llengua materna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "llengua nativa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "uniwonihisdi",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "ᎤᏂᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "母語"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "mou⁵ jyu⁵",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "母语"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "hak",
          "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "阿姆話"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "hak",
          "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
          "roman": "â-mê-fa",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "阿姆话"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "母語"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "zh-min-nan",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "母语"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "母語"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "mǔyǔ",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "母语"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "本族語"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "běnzúyǔ",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "本族语"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mammyeth"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "yeth vamm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "crh",
          "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "ana tili"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mateřský jazyk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rodný jazyk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mateřština"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "modersmål"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "dlg",
          "lang": "Dolgan",
          "roman": "törööbüt tıl",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "төрөөбүт тыл"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "moedertaal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial",
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "moerstaal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "hejmlingvo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "emakeel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "móðurmál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "äidinkieli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "langue maternelle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "marilenghe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lingua materna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mšobliuri ena",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "მშობლიური ენა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "dedaena",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "დედაენა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Muttersprache"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Erstsprache"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "gsw",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "Alemannic-German",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Mueterspraach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "mitrikí glóssa",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "μητρική γλώσσα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "mātŕbhāṣā",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "માતૃભાષા"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "s'fat 'ém",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "שְׂפַת אֵם"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "mātŕbhāṣā",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "मातृभाषा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "mādrī zabān",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "मादरी ज़बान"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "anyanyelv"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "hrx",
          "lang": "Hunsrik",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Muttersproch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "móðurmál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "matrala linguo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "bahasa ibu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "máthairtheanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "teanga dhúchais"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "madrelingua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "alt": "ぼご",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "bogo",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "母語"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "alt": "ぼこくご",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "bokokugo",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "母国語"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "alt": "じこくご",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jikokugo",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "自国語"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "xal",
          "lang": "Kalmyk",
          "roman": "törskn keln",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "төрскн келн"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "mātṛbhāṣe",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "ಮಾತೃಭಾಷೆ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "csb",
          "lang": "Kashubian",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rodnô mòwa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "ana tılı",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "ана тілі"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "phiəsaa kɑmnaət",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "ភាសាកំណើត"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "alt": "母語",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "mo'eo",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "모어"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "alt": "母國語",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "mogugeo",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "모국어"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "zimanê maderî"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "zimanê zikmakî"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "zimanê bavkalan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "ene tili",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "эне тили"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "phā sā mǣ",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "ພາສາແມ່"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dzimtā valoda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "lez",
          "lang": "Lezgi",
          "roman": "dided č̣al",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "дидед чӏал"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gimtoji kalba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "liv",
          "lang": "Livonian",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "jemākēļ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "nds-de",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Modersprak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "nds-de",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Modersprake"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "nds-de",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "Moodersprak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "nds-de",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Muddersprak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "gml",
          "lang": "Middle Low German",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Mōdersprāke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "májčin jázik",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ма́јчин ја́зик"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "bahasa ibunda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "mnc",
          "lang": "Manchu",
          "roman": "niyamangga gisun",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "ᠨᡳᠶᠠᠮᠠᠩᡤᠠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "çhengey ny mayrey"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "reo ūkaipō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "mātŕbhāṣā",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "मातृभाषा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "māybolī",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "मायबोली"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "törölx xel",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "төрөлх хэл"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "ex xel",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "эх хэл"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "morsmål"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "morsmål"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "Mistralian",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lenguo maire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "moranǝy žǝba",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "مورنۍ ژبه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "zabân-e mâdari",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "زبان مادری"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "język ojczysty"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "língua materna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "língua nativa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "mā̃ bolī",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "ਮਾਂ ਬੋਲੀ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "māṉ bolī",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi"
          ],
          "word": "ماں بولِی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "māt bolī",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi"
          ],
          "word": "مات بولِی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "limbă maternă"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "limbă nativă"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 7 12 4",
          "code": "ro",
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          "text": "In each case, we are reborn -- a fact that explains Thoreau's preference here for the father tongue over the mother tongue, as Cavell explains: \"A son of man is born of woman; but rebirth, according to our Bible, is the business of the father.\"",
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        {
          "ref": "1973, Noel Pitts Gist, Roy Dean Wright, Marginality and Identity, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Throughout their long history as a minority, Anglo-Indians learned their \"father tongue\" but were indifferent to their \"mother tongue,\" an indigenous Indian language.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1993, Janice Rae Williamson, Sounding differences: conversations with seventeen Canadian women writers, →ISBN:",
          "text": "A father tongue is a foreign language, therefore English is a foreign language not a mother tongue.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Wendy Doniger, The Implied Spider, →ISBN, page 144:",
          "text": "Ramanujan has also argued that many Hindu men have both a mother tongue (the everyday language, such as Tamil, spoken by women downstairs, in the back, in the kitchen) and a father tongue (once Sanskrit, more recently English, the literary lingua franca spoken—or at least discussed—by men in the front rooms).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Máiréad Nic Craith, Narratives of Place, Belonging and Language, →ISBN:",
          "text": "In the early Middle Ages, 'mother tongue' was largely 'a pejorative term to describe the unlearned language of women and children' (Haugen 1991: 82). This reflected the low status of women in society and contrasted with Latin, the more prestigious 'father tongue' on the continent.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The language one first learned; the language one grew up with; one's native language."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "first language"
        },
        {
          "word": "mother language"
        },
        {
          "word": "native language"
        },
        {
          "word": "native tongue"
        },
        {
          "word": "L1"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The language spoken by one’s ancestors."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ancestor",
          "ancestor"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "father tongue"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, Yo Jackson, Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Questions about respondents' place of birth, their parents' place of birth, nativity, and language use (called “mother tongue” and “father tongue”) were added to the Census between 1850 and 1960.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008 -, Xiao-Lei Wang, Growing Up with Three Languages: Birth to Eleven, →ISBN, page 58:",
          "text": "Informed by the experience of other parents who had successfully raised their children with more than one language and our own observations, we knew clearly that Léandre and Dominique's mother tongue and father tongue would not have a chance without deliberate 'control' of their linguistic environment.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The language spoken by one's mother, when it differs from that spoken by one's father."
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "father tongue"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1854, Henry David Thoreau, Walden, or Life in the Woods:",
          "text": "The other is the maturity and experience of that; if that is our mother tongue, this is our father tongue, a reserved and select expression, too significant to be heard by the ear, which we must be born again in order to speak.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1992, Gail B. Griffin, Calling : essays on teaching in the mother tongue, page 169:",
          "text": "We learn the father tongue to prove we have outgrown the mother tongue.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Andrew Norris, Becoming Who We Are, →ISBN:",
          "text": "In each case, we are reborn -- a fact that explains Thoreau's preference here for the father tongue over the mother tongue, as Cavell explains: \"A son of man is born of woman; but rebirth, according to our Bible, is the business of the father.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Informal speech, as opposed to educated language."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Informal",
          "informal"
        ],
        [
          "educated",
          "educated"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmʌð.ə ˌtʌŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmʌð.ɚ ˌtʌŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "moedertaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "huistaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gjuhë nëne"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gjuhë amtare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "luḡat ʔumm",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "لُغَة أُمّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "luḡa qawmiyya",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "لُغَة قَوْمِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "luḡa ʔūlā",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "لُغَة أُولَى"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "mayreni lezu",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "մայրենի լեզու"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "llingua materna"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "ana dili"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "آنا دیلی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "tuğan tel",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "туған тел"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "ama-hizkuntza"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ródnaja móva",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ро́дная мо́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "matribhaśa",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "মাতৃভাষা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "róden ezík",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ро́ден ези́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "májčin ezík",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́йчин ези́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "mi.hkangbhasaca.ka:",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "မိခင်ဘာသာစကား"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "a.mi.bhasaca.ka:",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "အမိဘာသာစကား"
    },
    {
      "code": "rue",
      "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
      "roman": "materynʹskŷj jazŷk",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "материньскый язык"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "llengua materna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "llengua nativa"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "uniwonihisdi",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "ᎤᏂᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "母語"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "mou⁵ jyu⁵",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "母语"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "阿姆話"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "roman": "â-mê-fa",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "阿姆话"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "母語"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "母语"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "母語"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mǔyǔ",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "母语"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "本族語"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "běnzúyǔ",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "本族语"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mammyeth"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "yeth vamm"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "ana tili"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mateřský jazyk"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rodný jazyk"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mateřština"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "modersmål"
    },
    {
      "code": "dlg",
      "lang": "Dolgan",
      "roman": "törööbüt tıl",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "төрөөбүт тыл"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "moedertaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "moerstaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "hejmlingvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "emakeel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "móðurmál"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "äidinkieli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "langue maternelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "marilenghe"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lingua materna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mšobliuri ena",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "მშობლიური ენა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dedaena",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "დედაენა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Muttersprache"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Erstsprache"
    },
    {
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic-German",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mueterspraach"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mitrikí glóssa",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μητρική γλώσσα"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "mātŕbhāṣā",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "માતૃભાષા"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "s'fat 'ém",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "שְׂפַת אֵם"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "mātŕbhāṣā",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "मातृभाषा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "mādrī zabān",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "मादरी ज़बान"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "anyanyelv"
    },
    {
      "code": "hrx",
      "lang": "Hunsrik",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Muttersproch"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "móðurmál"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "matrala linguo"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "bahasa ibu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "máthairtheanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teanga dhúchais"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "madrelingua"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぼご",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bogo",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "母語"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぼこくご",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bokokugo",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "母国語"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じこくご",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jikokugo",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "自国語"
    },
    {
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "törskn keln",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "төрскн келн"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "mātṛbhāṣe",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "ಮಾತೃಭಾಷೆ"
    },
    {
      "code": "csb",
      "lang": "Kashubian",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rodnô mòwa"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ana tılı",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "ана тілі"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "phiəsaa kɑmnaət",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "ភាសាកំណើត"
    },
    {
      "alt": "母語",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mo'eo",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "모어"
    },
    {
      "alt": "母國語",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mogugeo",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "모국어"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "zimanê maderî"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "zimanê zikmakî"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "zimanê bavkalan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "ene tili",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "эне тили"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "phā sā mǣ",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "ພາສາແມ່"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dzimtā valoda"
    },
    {
      "code": "lez",
      "lang": "Lezgi",
      "roman": "dided č̣al",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "дидед чӏал"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gimtoji kalba"
    },
    {
      "code": "liv",
      "lang": "Livonian",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "jemākēļ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Modersprak"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Modersprake"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "Moodersprak"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Muddersprak"
    },
    {
      "code": "gml",
      "lang": "Middle Low German",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mōdersprāke"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "májčin jázik",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́јчин ја́зик"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "bahasa ibunda"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnc",
      "lang": "Manchu",
      "roman": "niyamangga gisun",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "ᠨᡳᠶᠠᠮᠠᠩᡤᠠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "çhengey ny mayrey"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "reo ūkaipō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "mātŕbhāṣā",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "मातृभाषा"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "māybolī",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "मायबोली"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "törölx xel",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "төрөлх хэл"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "ex xel",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "эх хэл"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "morsmål"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "morsmål"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "Mistralian",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lenguo maire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "moranǝy žǝba",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مورنۍ ژبه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "zabân-e mâdari",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "زبان مادری"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "język ojczysty"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "língua materna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "língua nativa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "mā̃ bolī",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "ਮਾਂ ਬੋਲੀ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "māṉ bolī",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi"
      ],
      "word": "ماں بولِی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "māt bolī",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi"
      ],
      "word": "مات بولِی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "limbă maternă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "limbă nativă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "limbă natală"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rodnój jazýk",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "родно́й язы́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rodnája rečʹ",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "родна́я речь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "mither tongue"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cànan màthaireil"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cainnt mhàthaireil"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "матерњи језик"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "материњи језик"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "матерински језик"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maternji jezik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "materinji jezik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "materinski jezik"
    },
    {
      "code": "cjs",
      "lang": "Shor",
      "roman": "tuğan tili",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "туған тили"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "mawu basa",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "මවු බස"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "materinský jazyk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rodný jazyk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "materinská reč"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "máterni jêzik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "materinščina"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maśeršćina"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maćeršćina"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maćerna rěč"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lengua materna"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lengua nativa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lengua natal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "lugha ya mama"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "modersmål"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "inang-wika"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "katutubong wika"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "inang wika"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "zabon-i modari",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "забони модарӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "tāymoḻi",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "தாய்மொழி"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "tāy moḻi",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "தாய் மொழி"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "tuğan tel",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "туган тел"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "ana tele",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "ана теле"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "dēśabhāṣa",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "దేశభాష"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "mātr̥ bhāṣa",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "మాతృ భాష"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "paa-sǎa-mɛ̂ɛ",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "ภาษาแม่"
    },
    {
      "code": "ti",
      "lang": "Tigrinya",
      "roman": "ḳʷanḳʷa ʾadä",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "ቋንቋ ኣደ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "ana dili"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "ene dili"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rídna móva",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "рі́дна мо́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "mādrī zubān",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مادری زبان"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "ana til",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "ئانا تىل"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "ana tili",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "ئانا تىلى"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "ona tili"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "tiếng mẹ đẻ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "ngôn ngữ mẹ đẻ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "ngôn ngữ đầu tiên"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "motapük"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "lomapük"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lingaedje del mame"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mamiaith"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "mame-loshn",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "מאַמע־לשון"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "muter-shprakh",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "מוטער־שפּראַך"
    },
    {
      "code": "za",
      "lang": "Zhuang",
      "sense": "one's native tongue",
      "word": "vahcoj"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mother tongue"
}

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  "subsection": "noun",
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