母語

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See also: 母语

Chinese

female; mother
speech; language; dialect
speech; language; dialect; tell to
 
trad. (母語) 母 語
simp. (母语) 母 语
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Etymology

Calque of English mother tongue.

Pronunciation

Noun

母語

  1. mother tongue; native language; first language
    母語干擾／母语干扰  ―  mǔyǔ gānrǎo  ―  first-language interference
    以英語為母語的人 [MSC, trad.]
    以英语为母语的人 [MSC, simp.]
    yǐ yīngyǔ wéi mǔyǔ de rén
    native English speaker
    母語不代表說得就一定好。 [MSC, trad.]
    母语不代表说得就一定好。 [MSC, simp.]
    Mǔyǔ bù dàibiǎo shuō de jiù yīdìng hǎo.
    Not all native speakers speak their first language well.
    這個學生的母語是臺語。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
    这个学生的母语是台语。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
    Chit ê ha̍k-seng ê bú-gú sī Tâi-gú. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    This student is a native speaker of Taiwanese Hokkien.
  2. ancestral language
  3. official mandated language of one's ethnic group

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (母語):
  • → Japanese: 母語(ぼご) (bogo)
  • → Korean: 모어(母語) (mo'eo)

Further reading

Japanese

Kanji in this term
母 語
ぼ
Grade: 2 		ご
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Calque of English mother tongue.[2]

Noun

母(ぼ)語(ご) • (bogo) 

  1. a first language, a mother tongue, a native tongue, a native language
    英(えい)語(ご)を母(ぼ)語(ご)として話(はな)す人(ひと)。
    Eigo o bogo to shite hanasu hito.
    A native speaker of English.
    • 2009, Okada, Hideo , 日(に)本(ほん)語(ご)教(きょう)育(いく)能(のう)力(りょく)検(けん)定(てい)試(し)験(けん)に合(ごう)格(かく)するための基(き)礎(そ)知(ち)識(しき) [Fundamentals for Passing the JLPT]‎, revised edition, page 24:
      母(ぼ)語(ご)と教(きょう)科(か)学(がく)習(しゅう)のいずれも犠(ぎ)牲(せい)にしない第(だい)二(に)言(げん)語(ご)獲(かく)得(とく)の方(ほう)式(しき)として世(せ)界(かい)各(かく)地(ち)に広(ひろ)まり、日(に)本(ほん)でも一(いち)部(ぶ)で、英(えい)語(ご)イマージョン教(きょう)育(いく)が取(と)り入(い)れられています。
      Bogo to kyōka gakushū no izure mo gisei ni shinai daini gengo kakutoku no hōshiki to shite sekai kakuchi ni hiromari, Nihon de mo ichibu de, Eigo imājon kyōiku ga toriirerarete imasu.
      Around the world, and in some parts of Japan, English immersion is becoming a widespread method of second language acquisition which sacrifices neither one's mother tongue nor traditional education.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

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Calque of French langue mère, or of German Ursprache.[2]

Noun

母(ぼ)語(ご) • (bogo) 

  1. (linguistics, uncommon) a proto-language, a mother language (from which later daughter languages evolve)
Usage notes

In this sense, 母語 (bogo) has been largely superseded by the term 祖語 (sogo, literally “ancestral language”).

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
母語

Noun

母語 • (mo'eo or McCune-Reischauer: moŏ or Yale: mōe) (hangeul 모어)

  1. hanja form? of 모어 (“native language”)
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