English-Dutch translations for mother tongue

• moedertaal
  Ik ga nu verder in mijn moedertaal. I shall now use my mother tongue.
  Ik ga nu verder in mijn moedertaal. I shall now continue in my mother tongue.
  Spreek zo mogelijk in uw moedertaal. Speak in your mother tongue, if this is possible.
• moerstaal

Definition of mother tongue

• The language one first learned; the language one grew up with; one's native language
• The language spoken by one’s ancestors
• Informal speech, as opposed to educated language

Examples

• His mother tongue is a relatively conservative dialect of Aramaic

Related words

• Mother Shipton Moth
• don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs
• mother I’d like to fuck
• refrigerator mother
• to sell one's own grandmother
• mother-in-law's tongue
• mother-to-be
• autohemotherapy
• tomotherapy