first language

Also known as native language, mother tongue, arterial language, L1, mother language, father tongue

language a person was raised speaking from birth

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Your first language is the language you learned to speak naturally from birth while growing up. It matters because it forms the foundation for how you communicate, think, and connect with your family and community.

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Commons category: Mother Tongue

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The monument to the mother tongue (ana dili) in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan

A first language (L1), native language, native tongue, or mother tongue is the first language a person has been exposed to from birth or within the critical period. In some countries, the term native language or mother tongue refers to the language of one's ethnic group rather than the individual's actual first language. Generally, to state a language as a mother tongue, one must have full native fluency in that language.