Noun
native tongue (plural native tongues)
Synonym of native language
According to Díaz, she spoke to emissaries from Moctezuma in their native tongue Nahuatl and pointed to Cortés as the chief Spaniard to speak for them. Source: Internet
"After returning, I wanted to address more important questions — taboos — and the intimacy of the Afghan people, and my native tongue didn't allow for that." Source: Internet
It is the native tongue of the Tajiks, Hazaras, Aimaks, and Kizilbash. citation Pashto is the native tongue of the Pashtuns, although many Pashtuns often use Dari and some non-Pashtuns are fluent in Pashto. Source: Internet
Here we note how the Romance morphologies have been grafted on to the native tongue, providing lexical ambivalence and flexibility. Source: Internet
Five lashes of the whip was the penalty for the first offense of speaking in their native tongue. Source: Internet
For the further comfort of his foreign buyers he employed French-, German-, Italian- and Dutch-speaking clerks and answered their letters in their native tongue. Source: Internet