first language vs natural language

first language and natural language both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
first language	Yes	No	No	No
natural language	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, natural language is a hypernym of first language; that is, natural language is a word with a broader meaning than first language:

first language: one's native language; the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next
natural language: a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language

Other hypernyms of first language include tongue.

first language (noun)	natural language (noun)
one's native language; the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next	a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language

first language vs natural language

first language and natural language both are nouns.

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