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tongue vs first language

first language vs tongue

tongue and first language both are nouns.

tongue is a verb but first language is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
tongue Yes No Yes No
first language Yes No No No
As nouns, first language is a hyponym of tongue; that is, first language is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than tongue:
  • tongue: a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
  • first language: one's native language; the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next
Other hyponyms of tongue include maternal language, mother tongue, tonal language, tone language, creole, American-Indian language, American Indian, American Indian language, Amerind, Amerind language, Amerindian language, Indian, Indian language, Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo-Aleut language, Chukchi, Chukchi language, Sino-Tibetan, Sino-Tibetan language, Austro-Asiatic, Austro-Asiatic language, Munda-Mon-Khmer, Hmong, Hmong language, Miao, Miao language, Austronesian, Austronesian language, Papuan, Papuan language, Khoisan, Khoisan language, Indo-European, Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite, Ural-Altaic, Basque, Basque language, Elamite, Elamite language, Elamitic, Elamitic language, Susian, Susian language, Cassite, Cassite language, Kassite, Kassite language, Caucasian, Caucasian language, Dravidian, Dravidian language, Dravidic, Afrasian, Afrasian language, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semitic, Niger-Kordofanian, Niger-Kordofanian language, Nilo-Saharan, Nilo-Saharan language, standard language.
tongue (noun) first language (noun)
the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot one's native language; the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next
metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
a manner of speaking
the tongue of certain animals used as meat
a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
any long thin projection that is transient
tongue (verb) first language (verb)
lick or explore with the tongue
articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
Difference between tongue and first language

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