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mother tongue meaning in Malayalam

തായ്മൊഴി tāymoḻi

UK/ˈmʌð.ə ˌtʌŋ//ˈmʌð.ɚ ˌtʌŋ/

mother tongue in Malayalam: തായ്മൊഴി (tāymoḻi). In English, mother tongue means the language one first learned; the language one grew up with; one's native language.

Malayalam words for mother tongue

mother tongue; native language
തായ്മൊഴി tāymoḻi

English meaning of mother tongue

  1. noun The language one first learned; the language one grew up with; one's native language.
  2. noun The language spoken by one’s ancestors.
  3. noun The language spoken by one's mother, when it differs from that spoken by one's father.
  4. noun Informal speech, as opposed to educated language.

Full definition of mother tongue

mother tongue in a sentence

  • His mother tongue is a relatively conservative dialect of Aramaic.

Synonyms of mother tongue

All synonyms of mother tongue

mother tongue in other languages

Questions about mother tongue in Malayalam

What is the meaning of mother tongue in Malayalam?
Mother tongue in Malayalam is തായ്മൊഴി (tāymoḻi).
mother tongue എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
Mother tongue: തായ്മൊഴി (tāymoḻi).
What does mother tongue mean in English?
Mother tongue means the language one first learned; the language one grew up with; one's native language.

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Malayalam words from Wiktionary's Malayalam entries whose English meaning is “mother tongue”: തായ്മൊഴി. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: mother tongue (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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