native speech
First language learned
Native speech is the language or dialect a person acquires naturally from birth, learned through immersion rather than formal instruction.
It implies intuitive command—the kind of fluency that comes from growing up with a language rather than studying it: Her native speech was Cantonese, though she later learned English.
The phrase emphasizes spoken language and its authentic, unaffected quality.
- mother tongueLanguage acquired from birth
- mother languageLanguage learned from birth
- home languageLanguage acquired from birth
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- first languageTongue learned from birth
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