English-Spanish translations for mother tongue

• lengua materna
  Ahora pasaré a mi lengua materna. I shall now use my mother tongue.
  Continuaré ahora en mi lengua materna. I shall continue in my mother tongue.
  Ahora continuaré en mi lengua materna. I shall now continue in my mother tongue.
• idioma materno
  El uso del idioma materno debe ser posible para cualquier ciudadano. It must be possible for all citizens to use their mother tongue.
  Hay que garantizar a las ciudadanas y ciudadanos su derecho fundamental a acceder a la información en su idioma materno europeo. The people must be guaranteed their basic right of access to information in their European mother tongue.
  Sin embargo, ambas creemos que deberían ser los Estados miembros los que decidan hasta qué punto se enseña el idioma materno. However, we both believe that it should be the Member States that decide the extent of mother tongue teaching.
• lengua nativa
  Existe asimismo discriminación en materia de prestaciones extrasalariales, así como en los exámenes realizados en la lengua nativa de las personas. There is discrimination also in the area of benefits as well as in the area of examinations in people’s mother tongue.

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