Native language
Native language noun - The language that a person has spoken from earliest childhood.
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Synonyms for Native language
Tongue and native language are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tongue" instead a noun phrase "Native language".
Tongue
Tongue noun - The stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication.
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Synonyms for Tongue
Native language and tongue are semantically related. You can use "Native language" instead a noun "Tongue".
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Related pairs
- speech and native language
- speech and tongue
- idiom and native language
- idiom and tongue
- dialect and native language
- dialect and tongue
- vernacular and native language
- vernacular and tongue
- patois and native language
- patois and tongue
- language and native language
- language and tongue
- cant and native language
- cant and tongue
Both terms in one sentence
- Also applies to humans, who seem to have all of their ancestral languages (for example, Susan Ivanova's native language is Russian; she has an American accent from her education in American schools) but use English as a common tongue among themselves.
Source: Common Tongue - Cunning Linguist: Kahn speaks English and at least one Middle Eastern tongue, and once yells at a Middle Eastern taxi driver in his native language while he and McClaren are breaking up a fight between him and another motorist.
Source: Series / NYC 22 - Non-humans and non-orcs also have the option to speak in-game in their native tongue (Thalassian for Blood Elves, Taurahe for Tauren, Dwarvish for Dwarves, etc etc.) This native language will appear as normal to you and any other members of your race, but as gibberish to anyone else.
Source: Translation Convention
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Tongue and Native language. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 10, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/native_language/tongue
Native language & Tongue. N.p., 2016. Web. 10 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/native_language/tongue>.
Tongue or Native language. 2016. Accessed August 10, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/native_language/tongue.
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