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91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: moedertaalspreker — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Arabic: نَاطِق أَصْلِيّ (nāṭiq ʔaṣliyy) — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Armenian: լեզվակիր (lezvakir) — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Azerbaijani: dil daşıyıcısı — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Belarusian: но́сьбіт мо́вы (nósʹbit móvy) — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Belarusian: но́сьбітка мо́вы (nósʹbitka móvy) — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Bengali: আহলে জবান (ahle zôban) — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Bulgarian: носи́тел на ези́ка (nosítel na ezíka) — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Bulgarian: носи́телка на ези́ка (nosítelka na ezíka) — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Catalan: parlant nadiu — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Catalan: parlant nadiua — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Chinese Cantonese: 母語者 /母语者 (mou5 jyu5 ze2) — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Chinese Cantonese: 母語人士 /母语人士 (mou5 jyu5 jan4 si6) — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Chinese Mandarin: 母語者 /母语者 (mǔyǔzhě) — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Chinese Mandarin: 母語人士 /母语人士 (mǔyǔ rénshì) — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Cornish: kowser a vyghan — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Cornish: kowsores a vyhan — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Czech: rodilý mluvčí — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Czech: rodilý uživatel jazyka — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Danish: modersmålstalende — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Dutch: moedertaalspreker — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Dutch: moedertaalspreekster — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Esperanto: denaskulo — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Finnish: syntyperäinen puhuja — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• French: locuteur natif — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• French: locutrice native — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Galician: falante nativo — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Galician: falante nativa — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• German: Muttersprachler — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• German: Muttersprachlerin — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• German: native speaker — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• German: native Speaker — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• German: Native Speaker (Duden) — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• German: Muttersprachiger — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• German: Muttersprachige — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Greek: φυσικός ομιλητής (fysikós omilitís) — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Greek: φυσική ομιλήτρια (fysikí omilítria) — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Hawaiian: mānaleo — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Hebrew: דובר ילידי (dovér yelidí) — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Hungarian: anyanyelvi beszélő — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Icelandic: móðurmálshafi — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Indonesian: penutur jati — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Indonesian: penutur asli — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Indo-Portuguese: falante nativo — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Irish: cainteoir dúchais — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Italian: madrelingua — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Japanese: 母語話者 (bogowasha) — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Japanese: ネイティブスピーカー (neitibu supīkā) — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Japanese: ネイティブ (neitibu) — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Japanese: ネイティブ話者 (neitibu washa) — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Kapampangan: tubong talasalita — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Khmer: វាគ្មិនភាសា (viəkmɨnphiəsaa) — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Khmer: អ្នកនិយាយភាសាកំណើត (ʼnɑɑkniyiəyphiəsaakɑmnaət) — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Korean: 모국어 사용자 (mogugeo sayongja) — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Korean: 모어 화자 (mo'eo hwaja) — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Macedonian: роден говорник (roden govornik) — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Malay: penutur jati — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Manx: loayreyder dooghyssagh — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Manx: loayreyder dooie — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Māori: arero ūkaipō — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Polish: native speaker — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Polish: native speakerka — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Polish: rodzimy użytkownik języka — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Polish: rodzima użytkowniczka języka — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Polish: nosiciel języka — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Polish: rodowity użytkownik języka — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Polish: rodowita użytkowniczka języka — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Portuguese: falante nativo — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Portuguese: falante nativa — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Romanian: vorbitor nativ — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Romanian: vorbitoare nativă — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Russian: носи́тель языка́ (nosítelʹ jazyká) — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Russian: носи́тельница языка́ (nosítelʹnica jazyká) — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Scottish Gaelic: fileantach — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Serbo-Croatian: ѝзво̄рнӣ го̀во̄рнӣк — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Serbo-Croatian: ìzvōrnī gòvōrnīk — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Slovak: rodený hovoriaci — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Slovak: rodený používateľ jazyka — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Spanish: hablante nativo — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Spanish: nativo — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Swedish: med ... som modersmål — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Swedish: modersmålstalare — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Tagalog: katutubong mananalita — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Tagalog: katutubong tagapagsalita — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Tagalog: katutubong tagapagwika — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Thai: เจ้าของภาษา (jâo-kɔ̌ɔng-paa-sǎa) — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Ukrainian: носі́й мо́ви (nosíj móvy) — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Ukrainian: носі́йка мо́ви (nosíjka móvy) — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Vietnamese: người bản ngữ — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Welsh: siaradwr brodorol — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue
• Welsh: siaradwraig frodorol — person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue