Words similar to first-language

Example sentences for: first-language

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While English is currently the most important language, it is the first language of only a small proportion of speakers: according to official estimates for 1989-90, English, with two million first-language speakers, is well behind Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Tswana, and North Sotho.