The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word VERNACULAR which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1960.
One's mother tongue crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| VERNACULAR | 100 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: One's mother tongue
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- vernacular
- pains
- creole
- maternal
- language
- native
- kindergarten
- nursery
- english
- pidgin
- swedish
- allophone
Crossword Answer definitions
VERNACULAR noun- The language of a people or a national language.
- Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.
- Language unique to a particular group of people; jargon, argot.
- A language lacking standardization or a written form.
- Indigenous spoken language, as distinct from a literary or liturgical language such as Ecclesiastical Latin.
- Of or pertaining to everyday language, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.
- Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous.
- Of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported.
- Connected to a collective memory; not imported.
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