Definition of first language in US English:
first language
nounfərst ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒfərst ˈlaNGɡwij
A person's native language.
she speaks Tiwa as her first language
Example sentencesExamples
- Managing workers who don't speak English as their first language is tricky.
- ‘We are an inclusive school,’ she says, adding that 19 first languages are spoken among the pupils.
- Many speak excellent English, but some will speak French as a first language.
- It seems to hover between teaching it as a second language and as a first language, without being successful at either.
- That sentence wasn't written by anyone who speaks English as a first language.
- It is clear to anyone that French is not my first language.
- Children with special needs or who do not speak English as their first language were seen to have made good progress.
- He was diagnosed as profoundly deaf as a toddler after an accident, and British Sign Language is his first language.
- Announcers still have to come up with something to say, and they often don't speak English as a first language.
- We have quite a few Australian citizens who also don't speak English as their first language.
- Spanish is the first language, but English is widely spoken in the tourist trade.
- The most immediate obstacle lies in equipping people with limited literacy levels and a variety of first languages to understand how the machines function and how to access the network.
- As of the late 1990s, there are only a small number of people who speak Breton as their first language.
- She doesn't speak English as a first language so the conversation was a little difficult.
- Please accept my apology for any grammatical errors in advance since English is not my first language.