"mother tongue" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmʌð.ə ˌtʌŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmʌð.ɚ ˌtʌŋ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-mother tongue.wav [US] 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, {{m|enm|modyr tong}} modyr tong, {{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 e nënës [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), 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 (zaboni modarī) (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)
    Sense id: en-mother_tongue-en-noun-sfWQ733N Disambiguation of Language: 34 26 24 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 17 21 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 40 19 20 21 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 31 22 23 24 Disambiguation of "one's native tongue": 70 6 10 14
  2. The language spoken by one’s ancestors.
    Sense id: en-mother_tongue-en-noun-VjygWGQ9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 17 21 28
  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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 17 21 28
  4. Informal speech, as opposed to educated language.
    Sense id: en-mother_tongue-en-noun-Eq~lXQy5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 17 21 28

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "one's native tongue",
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "luḡa qawmiyya",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
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          "roman": "luḡa ʔūlā",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
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          "roman": "mayreni lezu",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
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          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
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          "roman": "tuğan tel",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "туған тел"
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          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "ama-hizkuntza"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "ródnaja móva",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ро́дная мо́ва"
        },
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          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "matribhaśa",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "মাতৃভাষা"
        },
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "róden ezík",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "májčin ezík",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "ма́йчин ези́к"
        },
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          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "mi.hkangbhasaca.ka:",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "မိခင်ဘာသာစကား"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "a.mi.bhasaca.ka:",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "အမိဘာသာစကား"
        },
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          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "rue",
          "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
          "roman": "materynʹskŷj jazŷk",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "материньскый язык"
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          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "llengua materna"
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          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "llengua nativa"
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          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "uniwonihisdi",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "ᎤᏂᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "母語"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "mou⁵ jyu⁵",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "母语"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "hak",
          "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "阿姆話"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "hak",
          "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
          "roman": "â-mê-fa",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "阿姆话"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "母語"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "zh-min-nan",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "母语"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "母語"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "mǔyǔ",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "母语"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "本族語"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "běnzúyǔ",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "本族语"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mammyeth"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "yeth vamm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "crh",
          "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "ana tili"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mateřský jazyk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rodný jazyk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mateřština"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "modersmål"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "dlg",
          "lang": "Dolgan",
          "roman": "törööbüt tıl",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "төрөөбүт тыл"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "moedertaal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial",
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "moerstaal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "hejmlingvo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "emakeel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "móðurmál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "äidinkieli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "langue maternelle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "marilenghe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lingua materna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mšobliuri ena",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "მშობლიური ენა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "dedaena",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "დედაენა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Muttersprache"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Erstsprache"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "gsw",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "Alemannic-German",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Mueterspraach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "mitrikí glóssa",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "μητρική γλώσσα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "mātŕbhāṣā",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "માતૃભાષા"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "s'fat 'ém",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "שְׂפַת אֵם"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "mātŕbhāṣā",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "मातृभाषा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "mādrī zabān",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "मादरी ज़बान"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "anyanyelv"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "hrx",
          "lang": "Hunsrik",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Muttersproch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "móðurmál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "matrala linguo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "bahasa ibu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "máthairtheanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "teanga dhúchais"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "madrelingua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "alt": "ぼご",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "bogo",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "母語"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "alt": "ぼこくご",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "bokokugo",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "母国語"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "alt": "じこくご",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jikokugo",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "自国語"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "xal",
          "lang": "Kalmyk",
          "roman": "törskn keln",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "төрскн келн"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "mātṛbhāṣe",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "ಮಾತೃಭಾಷೆ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "csb",
          "lang": "Kashubian",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rodnô mòwa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "ana tılı",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "ана тілі"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "phiəsaa kɑmnaət",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "ភាសាកំណើត"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "alt": "母語",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "mo'eo",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "모어"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "alt": "母國語",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "mogugeo",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "모국어"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "zimanê maderî"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "zimanê zikmakî"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "zimanê bavkalan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "ene tili",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "эне тили"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "phā sā mǣ",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "ພາສາແມ່"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dzimtā valoda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "lez",
          "lang": "Lezgi",
          "roman": "dided č̣al",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "дидед чӏал"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gimtoji kalba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "liv",
          "lang": "Livonian",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "jemākēļ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "nds-de",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Modersprak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "nds-de",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Modersprake"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "nds-de",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "Moodersprak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "nds-de",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Muddersprak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "gml",
          "lang": "Middle Low German",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Mōdersprāke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "májčin jázik",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ма́јчин ја́зик"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "bahasa ibunda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "çhengey ny mayrey"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "reo ūkaipō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "mātŕbhāṣā",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "मातृभाषा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "māybolī",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "मायबोली"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "törölx xel",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "төрөлх хэл"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "ex xel",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "эх хэл"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "morsmål"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "morsmål"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "Mistralian",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lenguo maire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "moranǝy žǝba",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "مورنۍ ژبه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "zabân-e mâdari",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "زبان مادری"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "język ojczysty"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "língua materna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "língua nativa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "mā̃ bolī",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "ਮਾਂ ਬੋਲੀ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "māṉ bolī",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi"
          ],
          "word": "ماں بولِی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "māt bolī",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi"
          ],
          "word": "مات بولِی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "limbă maternă"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "limbă nativă"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "limbă natală"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rodnój jazýk",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "родно́й язы́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rodnája rečʹ",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "родна́я речь"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "word": "mither tongue"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cànan màthaireil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cainnt mhàthaireil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "матерњи језик"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "материњи језик"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "матерински језик"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "maternji jezik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 6 10 14",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "one's native tongue",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "materinji jezik"
        },
        {
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      "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": "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": "zaboni modarī",
      "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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