Sentence examples for a first language from inspiring English sources

They speak Mandarin as a first language.

Now it's required in regional schools, as a first language.

He wanted someone who spoke digital as a first language, not a second.

"It's not a first language, but most people understand it — with an accent".

The numbers speaking Afrikaans or English as a first language are also sharply down.

41% of primary pupils in my city do not have English as a first language.

Most politicians in Karnataka speak Kannada as a first language, but their advocacy efforts are limp.

557 people in England and Wales speak Cornish as a first language.

One in six children in English primary schools do not have English as a first language.

Or kids whose parents do not speak English as a first language.

Even before I grew up, having Portuguese as a first language might have been frowned upon".