Examples of mother tongue in a Sentence
although the anthropologist could speak the local language fairly well, she was always glad to find someone who shared her mother tongue
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To clarify his point, the festival regular must cite his mother tongue.
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Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026
Another novelty is a pope who speaks English as a mother tongue, something not seen for centuries.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
The notion of a mother tongue assumes that language functions as a common thread in families, tying parent to child.
—Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
From the start of his career, Fela aimed to reach a larger and Pan-African audience by singing almost exclusively in Nigerian Pidgin English (rather than his mother tongue, Yoruba, which doesn't translate throughout most of the continent).
—Ian Brennan, NPR, 15 Apr. 2026
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Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026
Another novelty is a pope who speaks English as a mother tongue, something not seen for centuries.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
The notion of a mother tongue assumes that language functions as a common thread in families, tying parent to child.
—Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
From the start of his career, Fela aimed to reach a larger and Pan-African audience by singing almost exclusively in Nigerian Pidgin English (rather than his mother tongue, Yoruba, which doesn't translate throughout most of the continent).
—Ian Brennan, NPR, 15 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for mother tongue
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“Mother tongue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mother%20tongue. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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