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natural language vs maternal language

maternal language vs natural language

natural language and maternal language both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
natural language Yes No No No
maternal language Yes No No No
As nouns, maternal language is a hyponym of natural language; that is, maternal language is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than natural language:
  • natural language: a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
  • maternal language: one's native language; the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next
natural language (noun) maternal language (noun)
a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language one's native language; the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next
Difference between natural language and maternal language

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