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Discover Ludwig"native tongue" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to refer to the language that a person learned from birth or was raised speaking. For example: He is fluent in his native tongue and speaks several other languages.
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native tongue
noun
Native language
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He was speaking his native tongue.
Conservatism is Cruz's native tongue.
Can they keep their native tongue alive?
Native tongue on right and free flap left hemitongue (arrow).
Their native tongue, Tamashek, uses neither Arabic nor Roman script.
The patois of the lower precincts was his native tongue.
The men's native tongue was Pashtun, according to defence officials.
But it was a borrowed English, not my native tongue.
People say I should learn my native tongue, as well.
For much of the population, Friuliano is the native tongue.
It's like that – but better, because it's my native tongue.
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