How is the word langue maternelle translated from French to English

English translation
Mother tongue
noun

La langue qu'une personne a apprise en premier, dès la naissance.

The language a person learned first from birth.

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  • L'espagnol est ma langue maternelle et je la parle couramment. — Spanish is my mother tongue, and I speak it fluently.

  • Quelle est ta langue maternelle, si je peux me permettre ? — What is your mother tongue, if you don’t mind me asking?

  • Ils apprennent leur langue maternelle à l'école. — They are learning their mother tongue in school.

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