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native speaker

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1. native speaker - Noun

2. native speaker - Adjective

Meaning

a speaker of a particular language who has spoken that language since earliest childhood

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native-speaker

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I realized how Latina I was, and then also, at the same time, how not Latina enough I was, because I'm born and raised in Los Angeles. I speak Spanish, but I don't speak perfect Spanish, not like a native speaker. America Ferrera

native speakers of French Source: Internet

After a while, not being a native speaker isn't a sufficient excuse; lots of non-native English speakers write beautiful English. Source: Internet

By the 27th century BC Egyptian writing had a set of some 24 hieroglyphs that are called uniliterals, citation to represent syllables that begin with a single consonant of their language, plus a vowel (or no vowel) to be supplied by the native speaker. Source: Internet

Children learning a second language are more likely to achieve native-like fluency than adults, but in general, it is very rare for someone speaking a second language to pass completely for a native speaker. Source: Internet

And in Spanish, her words slice through the air with the sharp precision of a native speaker. Source: Internet

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