Sentence examples for main tongue from inspiring English sources

This was Afrikaans, the main tongue of the region and the language in which her instructors taught.

(Admittedly, methods in Indian dance generally seem fragmentary or tenuous to a Western eye. I assume that much of the action is explained when words are sung: in this case, presumably, in Telugu, the main tongue of Andhra Pradesh).

Every day, children start the day by chanting: "I am a Turk, I am honest, I am industrious"—and woe betide the tiny tot who stumbles because Turkish is not his main tongue.

Given a set of tongue muscular commands, which levels correspond to the force classically measured during speech production, the FE model successfully simulated the main tongue movements observed during speech data.

The genioglossus is the main tongue-protruding muscle.

Koranic prayer books are translated into English, as well as the main Nigerian tongues.

The Korangalis speak a language unrelated to Pashto or Dari, the two main Afghan tongues.

The four constitutionally recognized Dravidian languages also enjoy official state status: Kannada, in Karnataka; Malayalam, in Kerala; Tamil (the oldest of the main Dravidian tongues), in Tamil Nadu; and Telugu, in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

A new hell-inspired theme-park called the World of Darkness (main attraction: the Tongue of the Leviathan ride) has diverted any remaining tourists from their park, leaving Ava's father chasing after solvency.

The latter figure carefully labels: a right upper lock upper link left upper lock axle or pivot long chain upper counterweight sump checking fork of the lower balancing lever coupling tongue main (i.e. lower) counterweight.

A fire raged inside the main building, shooting tongues of flames towards the sky.