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maternal language vs natural language

natural language vs maternal language

maternal language and natural language both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
maternal language Yes No No No
natural language Yes No No No
As nouns, natural language is a hypernym of maternal language; that is, natural language is a word with a broader meaning than maternal language:
  • maternal 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 maternal language include tongue.
maternal 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
Difference between maternal language and natural language

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