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"sense": "the language of one's ancestors",
"word": "származási nyelv"
},
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"(linguistics) One's former native language, lost during childhood or early adulthood, or underdeveloped in favor of a more dominant majority language."
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"feminine"
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"feminine"
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"Pages with entries",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
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"sense": "the language of one's ancestors",
"word": "származási nyelv"
},
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{
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"word": "származási nyelv"
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{
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"word": "örökségnyelv"
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{
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"word": "língua de herança"
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{
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"sense": "one's former native language",
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"word": "idioma hereditario"
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"code": "sv",
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