langue maternelle

Definitions of langue maternelle
  1. noun
    one's native language; the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next
    synonyms: langue
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    type of:
    langue, langue naturelle
    a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
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