Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

home language

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.02 in modern English

Syllables: home- lan-guage
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The main language spoken in a home.

Example Sentences

"The Pennsylvania-German patois, a gradual production of this mixture, is still the home language by the majority of firesides in many townships of Montgomery county, […]"
"They are in the Tamil language, which is widely used as the home language throughout the Madras Presidency, and by all of the Tamils in the Island of Ceylon."
"In addition, cognitive skills such as thinking, reasoning, problem solving, and word choice, which the child uses in learning his home language, are the same skills needed to learn English, thus paving the way for later school success."

Inflected Forms

home languages (plural)

Phrases

home sign

Frequently Paired Words

home sign

Questions

What does home language mean?: The main language spoken in a home.

How to pronounce home language

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