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idiom

mother tongue

MUTH-er TUNG

ˈmʌðər tʌŋ

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Syllable breakdown

mothertongue

Dictionary meaning

the first language a person learns from birth; one's native language acquired naturally in childhood through family and community; the language most deeply embedded in a person's identity and cognitive processing

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