Native language
Native language noun - The language that a person has spoken from earliest childhood.
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Synonyms for Native language
Vernacular and native language are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vernacular" instead a noun phrase "Native language".
Vernacular
Vernacular noun - The everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language).
Native language and vernacular are semantically related. You can use "Native language" instead a noun "Vernacular".
Nearby Word: vernacularly
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Related pairs
- tongue and native language
- tongue and vernacular
- speech and native language
- speech and vernacular
- idiom and native language
- idiom and vernacular
- dialect and native language
- dialect and vernacular
- patois and native language
- patois and vernacular
- language and native language
- language and vernacular
- cant and native language
- cant and vernacular
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Vernacular and Native language. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 10, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/native_language/vernacular
Native language & Vernacular. N.p., 2016. Web. 10 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/native_language/vernacular>.
Vernacular or Native language. 2016. Accessed August 10, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/native_language/vernacular.
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