native language
IPA: nˈeɪtɪvɫæŋgwʌdʒ
noun
- One's first language, learned in early childhood.
- The language of a Native or Aboriginal people.
Examples of "native-language" in Sentences
- The windows are covered with native-language fliers, re-creating a common medicine-posting wall.
- It also provides Hawaiian-language voice-overs for TV documentaries, announcements on Hawaiian Airlines and the native-language audio tour for Iolani palace in Honolulu.
- Whatever their words for stars in the sky, speakers of Turkish, Portuguese, German, and other tongues turn to native-language media outlets named partly or entirely in Global English, often putting the word star in the limelight.