home languages
Family's spoken languages
Home languages are the languages spoken within a family or household, especially those distinct from the dominant language of the surrounding community or schools.
The term appears frequently in educational contexts to acknowledge what children speak at home versus what they're taught in: The survey asked parents to identify their children's home languages.
A person may have multiple home languages in multilingual households.
- wordLinguistic meaning unit
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- bilingualismProficiency in two languages
- dialectsRegional language variations
fluency · old country · family · first words · lost in translation · child · native speaker · identity · code-switching · speaking in tongues · culture · communication · folk storytelling · proficiency · mother · grammars · bedtime stories · grandparents