Related Words for native speaker

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WordSyllablesCategories
second language
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
descendant
x/x
Noun
ancestor
/xx
Noun
nativism
/xxx
Noun
informant
x/x
Noun
reflex
/x
Noun
natural language
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
langue
/
Noun
lingo
/x
Noun
tongue
/
Noun
language
/x
Noun
dialect
/xx
Noun
cognate
/x
Noun
baby talk
/x/
Phrase, Noun
competence
/xx
Noun
international auxiliary language
xx/xxx/xx/x
Name, Name
hybrid
/x
Noun
substrate
/x
Noun
lect
/
Noun
root
/
Noun
borrowing
/xx
Noun
speaker
/x
Noun
speech
/
Noun
substitution
xx/x
Noun
vernacular
x/xx
Noun
interlanguage
/x/x
Noun
sociolinguistics
xx/x/x
Noun
linguistics
x/x
Noun
polyglot
xxx
Noun
etymology
xx/xx
Noun
parole
x/
Noun
lingual
/x
Noun
idiom
/xx
Noun
homologue
x/x
Noun
primitive
/xx
Adjective
tandem
/x
Noun
pragmatics
x/x
Noun
lexicon
/xx
Noun
patient
/x
Noun
substratum
//x
Noun
person
/x
Noun
lish
/
Noun
speaking
/x
Verb
register
/xx
Noun
intensive
x/x
Adjective
code
/
Noun
third person
//x
Phrase, Noun
typology
x/xx
Noun
derivative
x/xx
Noun
long
/
Adjective
expressive
x/x
Adjective
performance
x/x
Noun
usage
/x
Noun
jargon
/x
Noun
aboriginal
xx/xx
Adjective, Name
actor
/x
Noun
adopted
x/x
Noun
adoptive
x/x
Adjective
africa
/xx
Name
african
/xx
Adjective, Name
albanian
x/xx
Name, Adjective
american
x/xx
Name, Adjective
amerindian
xx/xx
Adjective, Name
anglo
/x
Name
announcer
x/x
Noun
arab
/x
Adjective, Name
ars
/
Noun
audience
/xx
Noun
australian
x/x
Adjective, Name
autochthonous
/x/x
Adjective
bantu
/x
Name
berber
/x
Name, Adjective
birth
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
birthplace
/x
Noun
born
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
broadcaster
/xx
Noun
burman
/x
Name, Adjective
caller
/x
Noun
canadian
x/xx
Adjective, Name
carib
/x
Name
chair
/
Noun, Verb
chairman
/x
Noun, Verb
chairperson
/xx
Noun
chairwoman
/xx
Noun
chief
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
christmas
/x
Name, Adjective, Verb
citizen
/xx
Noun
colleague
/x
Noun, Verb
commentator
/xxx
Noun
comments
/x
Noun
conferences
/xxx
Noun
contributor
x/xx
Noun
conversationalist
xx/xxx
Noun
cook
/
Noun, Verb
cossack
/x
Name
country
/x
Noun, Adjective
delegate
/xx
Noun, Verb
delegation
xx/x
Noun
dentist
/x
Noun
doctor
/x
Noun, Verb
domestic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
draftsman
/x
Noun
drainage
/x
Noun
dravidian
x/xx
Name, Adjective
endemic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
enquirer
x/x
Noun
eskimo
/xx
Name, Adjective
ethnic
/x
Adjective, Noun
evangelist
x/xx
Noun
exotic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
fijian
/xx
Adjective, Name
filipino
xx/x
Name, Adjective
floor
/
Noun, Verb
foreign
/x
Adjective, Name
front
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
genuine
/xx
Adjective
guest
/
Noun, Verb
hausa
/x
Name
head
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
home
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
homegrown
//
Adjective
homeland
/x
Noun
house
/
Noun, Verb
inborn
/x
Adjective
inbred
/x
Adjective, Noun
indian
/xx
Name, Adjective
indigenous
x/xx
Adjective
inhabitant
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
inherent
x/x
Adjective
innate
x/
Adjective, Verb
inquirer
x/x
Noun
instructor
x/x
Noun
interlocutor
xx/xx
Noun
intervener
xx/x
Noun
intervening
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
intervenor
xx/x
Noun
inuit
/x
Name, Adjective
involved
x/
Adjective
island
/x
Noun, Verb
islander
/xx
Name
italians
x/x
Name
keynote
/x
Noun, Verb
kindergarten
/xxx
Noun
lady
/x
Noun, Verb
leader
/x
Noun
lecturer
/xx
Noun
levantine
/xx
Name, Adjective
listen
/x
Verb, Noun
lithuanian
xx/xx
Adjective, Name
local
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
loud
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
loudspeaker
/xx
Noun
malagasy
xx/x
Adjective, Name
malay
/x
Name, Adjective
maternal
x/x
Adjective, Noun
mauritian
x/xx
Adjective, Name
melanesian
xx/x
Name, Adjective
member
/x
Noun, Verb
mexican
/xx
Adjective, Name
microphone
/xx
Noun, Verb
midwife
/x
Noun, Verb
minister
/xx
Noun, Verb
moderator
/xxx
Noun
moslem
/x
Name, Adjective
mother
/x
Noun, Verb
mouthpiece
/x
Noun
muscat
/x
Name
music
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
narrator
/xx
Noun
natal
/x
Name, Adjective
nation
/x
Noun, Adverb
national
/xx
Name, Adjective
natively
/xx
Adverb
natural
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
nepali
x/x
Name, Adjective
nonnative
//x
Adjective, Noun
north
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
nursery
/xx
Noun
observer
x/x
Noun
occasions
x/x
Noun
orator
/xx
Noun
organist
/xx
Noun
origin
/xx
Noun
original
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
originating
x/xxx
Verb
own
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
panelist
/xx
Noun
parliament
/xx
Noun
participant
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
participating
x/xxx
Adjective
peoples
/x
Noun
performer
x/x
Noun
pertaining
x/x
Noun
phone
/
Noun, Verb
player
/x
Noun
potter
/x
Noun, Verb
practitioner
x/xx
Noun
preacher
/x
Noun
predecessor
/xxx
Noun
preschool
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
presentation
xx/x
Noun
presenter
/xx
Noun
presidency
/xxx
Noun
president
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
presiding
x/x
Adjective
professor
x/x
Noun
proprietary
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
provider
x/x
Noun
public speaker
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
pure
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
questioner
/xx
Noun
radio
/xx
Noun, Verb
rapporteur
x/x
Noun
raw
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb