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Updated: October 15, 2023

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	noun • one's native language; the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next
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	26%	13		Someone who grew up speaking a particular language
	noun • a speaker of a particular language who has spoken that language since earliest childhood

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The Guardian Speedy27 Nov 2022	Down 6
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