母語

See also: 母语

Chinese
female; mother
 
speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (母語) 母 語
simp. (母语) 母 语

Pronunciation

Noun

母語

  1. mother tongue; native language; first language
    母語干擾 / 母语干扰  ―  mǔyǔ gānrǎo  ―  first-language interference
    以英語為母語的人 [MSC, trad.]
    以英语为母语的人 [MSC, simp.]
    yǐ yīngyǔ wéi mǔyǔ de rén [Pinyin]
    native English speaker
    母語不代表說得就一定好。 [MSC, trad.]
    母语不代表说得就一定好。 [MSC, simp.]
    Mǔyǔ bù dàibiǎo shuō de jiù yīdìng hǎo. [Pinyin]
    Not all native speakers speak their first language well.

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Derived terms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
母 語
ぼ
Grade: 2		 ご
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Calque of English mother tongue.[2]

Noun

母語 (hiragana ぼご, rōmaji bogo)

  1. a first language, a mother tongue, a native tongue, a native language
    英 (えい)語 (ご)を母 (ぼ)語 (ご)として話 (はな)す人 (ひと)。
    Ei-go o bogo toshite hanasu hito.
    A native speaker of English.

Etymology 2

Calque of French langue maternelle, or of German Ursprache.[2]

Noun

母語 (hiragana ぼご, rōmaji bogo)

  1. (linguistics, uncommon) a proto-language, a mother language (from which later daughter languages evolve)
Usage notes

In this sense, 母語 (bogo) has been largely superseded by the term 祖語 (sogo, literally “ancestral language”).

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

Korean
Hanja in this term
母語

Noun

母語 • (mo-eo, McCune-Reischauer: moŏ, Yale: mōe) (hangeul 모어)

  1. Hanja form? of 모어 (“native language”).
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