home languagen.
/ˌhəʊm ˈlaŋɡwɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˌhoʊm ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/ The language a person speaks at home; one's native language.
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the mind > language > a language > [noun] > native language
lede-quidec1275
birth tonguea1387
mother languagea1425
mother tongue?a1425
vulgar1430
mother's languagec1443
mother's tongue1517
natural language1570
commona1616
natural1665
vernaculara1706
native1824
home language1833
first language1875
Umgangssprache1934
mameloshen1968
1833 T. H. Bayly Musings & Prosings 293 You perceive, I hope, by our accent, that both my Father and myself have made English our home language.
1865 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 28 264 Throughout Asia Minor they are scattered in colonies, sometimes very small, in the Turkish towns. Their home language is Turkish, or mixed Armenian.
1926 M. West Bilingualism i. i. 14 The Magh has Magh as his Home language.
1958 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 21 Sept. 25/2 Applicants must be bilingual and preference will be given to those whose home language is Afrikaans.
2002 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 26 Sept. 58/4 Svevo's home language was Triestine, a variant of the Venetian dialect.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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