What is First language?
[[File:Ana Dili.JPG|thumb|200px|The monument for the Mother ([[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]]) language in [[Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic|Nakhchivan]], [[Azerbaijan]]]] A '''first language''' (also '''mother language''', '''mother tongue''', '''native language''', '''arterial language''', or '''L1''') often means the [[language]] that a person learns first.<ref>{{cite book| last = Bloomfield| first = Leonard| title = Language| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Gfrd-On5iFwC| year = 1994| publisher = Motilal Banarsidass Publ.| isbn = 978-81-208-1196-6 }}</ref> It helps one understand [[words]] and [[concepts]] in the style of that language.<ref>{{cite book| last = Davies| first = Alan| title = The Native Speaker: Myth and Reality| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=JeTwQB5doD4C| year = 2003| publisher = Multilingual Matters| isbn = 978-1-85359-622-3 }}</ref> Sometimes, but not often, ''first language'' means the language that a person speaks best (the [[second language]] is then spoken less well than the first language, etc.). In that sense, a person could have more than one first or second language. The first languages of the national majority usually are to be recognized as [[national language]]s of the nation. == References == {{reflist}} == Related pages == *[[Soweto Uprising]] *[[Second language]] [[Category:Language]] {{stub}}