mother tongue
native language , auch: native tongue

Almost half of the respondents-44%-do not know any other language than their mother tongue.

Everyone has the right to use his or her mother tongue.

French is the mother tongue for 1.5% of the population.

Why, you even speak the mother tongue, the old language.

Within this area, the mother tongue of the children and identity development are important.

Finally he heard the familiar sound of his mother tongue.

English is the native language or mother tongue of most people in these countries.

The right china, after all, had to speak the simple modern language that is their mother tongue.

There is no single European mother tongue, but a great many.

The mother tongue is second only to the target language itself as a means to learn it.