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home language

home language noun: the main language spoken in a home.

Noun

home language (plural home languages)

  1. The main language spoken in a home.
    • The Pennsylvania-German patois, a gradual production of this mixture, is still the home language by the majority of firesides in many townships of Montgomery county, […]1880 July 9, “Hancock's Boyhood”, in The Stockton Daily Evening Mail, volume 1, number 128, page 1
    • They are in the Tamil language, which is widely used as the home language throughout the Madras Presidency, and by all of the Tamils in the Island of Ceylon.1902, “Tamil Lyrics”, in The Missionary Herald, volume 98, number 5, page 182

Forms of home language

pluralhome languages

Questions about home language

What does home language mean?
Home language means the main language spoken in a home.
What part of speech is home language?
Home language is a noun.
What is the plural of home language?
The plural of home language is home languages.

Words near home language in the dictionary

  1. home invasions
  2. home is where the heart is
  3. home is where you hang your hat
  4. home key
  5. home keys
  6. home language
  7. home languages
  8. home life
  9. home loan
  10. home loans
  11. home lot

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