Related Words for mother tongue

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WordSyllablesCategories
motherland
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Noun, Noun
vernacular
x/xx
Noun
lingua franca
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
native
/x
Noun
tongue
/
Noun
family
/xx
Noun
creole
/x
Noun
interlanguage
/x/x
Noun
leed
/
Name
vulgate
/x
Name
flash
/
Noun
demotic
x/x
Name
abraham
/xx
Name
adoptive
x/x
Adjective
adored
x/
Adjective
agony
/xx
Noun
american indian
x/xx/xx
Name, Name, Adjective
ammi
/x
Adjective
ams
/
Name
articulated
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
assembly
x/x
Noun
aunt
/
Noun
austronesian
/x/x
Adjective, Noun
bam
/
Noun, Verb
basque
/
Name, Adjective
beget
x/
Verb
beloved
x/
Adjective, Noun
bereaved
x/
Adjective
bibles
/x
Noun
bilingual
x/x
Adjective, Noun
bottoms
/x
Noun
breast
/
Noun, Verb
bring forth
//
Phrase, Verb
brother
/x
Noun, Verb
called
/
Adjective
carrier
/xx
Noun
caucasian
x/x
Name, Adjective
cell
/
Noun, Verb
cheek
/
Noun, Verb
child
/
Noun, Verb
clapper
/x
Noun, Verb
cloth
/
Noun
corns
/
Noun
cow
/
Noun, Verb
dad
/
Noun, Verb
dam
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
dame
/
Noun, Verb
daughter
/x
Noun
desktop
/x
Noun, Adjective
devoted
x/x
Adjective
dialect
/xx
Noun
doting
/x
Adjective, Noun
dowager
/xx
Noun
dravidian
x/xx
Name, Adjective
eat
/
Verb, Noun
engender
x/x
Verb
epiphytic
x//x
Adjective, Noun
evidence
/xx
Noun, Verb
extent
x/
Noun, Adjective
face
/
Noun, Verb
father
/x
Noun, Verb
fatherland
/xx
Noun
female
/x
Adjective, Noun
flicker
/x
Noun, Verb
flicking
/x
Noun
folks
/
Noun
french
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
friend
/
Noun, Verb
fuss
/
Noun, Verb
generate
/xx
Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
god
/
Name, Verb
godfather
/xx
Noun, Verb
godmother
/xx
Noun, Verb
goose
/
Noun, Verb
grandfather
/xx
Noun, Verb
grandma
/x
Noun
grandmother
/xx
Noun
grandparents
/xx
Noun
granny
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
gymnastic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
heavy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hindi
/x
Name, Adjective
holding
/x
Noun
home
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
homogenous
x/xx
Adjective
husband
/x
Noun, Verb
idiom
/xx
Noun
incestuous
x/xx
Adjective
indian
/xx
Name, Adjective
jackpot
/x
Noun, Verb
journey
/x
Noun, Verb
kindergarten
/xxx
Noun
kiss
/
Noun, Verb
knife
/
Noun, Verb
lady
/x
Noun, Verb
language
/x
Noun, Verb
langue
/
Noun
lap
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
legend
/x
Noun, Verb
lens
/
Noun, Verb
lick
/
Verb, Noun
lightly
/x
Adverb
lingua
/x
Noun
linguistic
x/x
Adjective
lips
/
Noun, Verb
lit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
lovable
/xx
Adjective
love
/
Noun, Verb
lug
/
Noun, Verb
ma
/
Name, Adjective
mam
/
Noun
mama
/x
Noun
mamma
/x
Noun
mammy
/x
Noun
mandarin
/xx
Noun, Adjective
marie
x/
Name
mater
/x
Noun
maternal
x/x
Adjective, Noun
maternity
x/xx
Noun
matrix
/x
Noun
medium
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
mere
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
mine
/
Noun, Verb
minority
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
mint
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
mistress
/x
Noun, Verb
modern
/x
Adjective, Noun
mom
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
momma
/x
Noun
mommy
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
monogamous
x/xx
Adjective
monolingual
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
moth
/
Noun, Verb
motherboard
/xx
Noun
mould
/
Noun, Verb
mouth
/
Noun, Verb
mouthpiece
/x
Noun
multicultural
xx/xx
Adjective
mum
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
mummy
/x
Noun, Verb
muscle
/x
Noun, Verb
natural language
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
nursery
/xx
Noun
oar
/
Noun, Verb
overprotective
xxx/x
Adjective
pain
/
Noun, Verb
palate
/x
Noun, Verb
pancake
/x
Noun, Verb
panhandle
/xx
Noun, Verb
papuan
/xx
Name, Adjective
parent
/x
Noun, Verb
parlance
/x
Noun
pasadena
xx/x
Name
pen
/
Noun, Verb
phonetics
x/x
Noun
pier
/
Noun
pink
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
plague
/
Noun, Verb
poor
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
preschool
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
preservice
x/x
Adjective
puddle
/x
Noun, Verb
queen
/
Noun, Verb
race
/
Noun, Verb
regimented
/xxx
Adjective
sea
/
Noun
she
/
Noun
silence
/x
Noun, Verb
sire
/x
Noun, Verb
sister
/x
Noun, Verb