moedertaal
Dutch
    
    Alternative forms
    
- moederstaal (“mother tongue”)
Etymology
    
Compound of moeder (“mother”) + taal (“language”). The sense “mother tongue” was initially only used as a genitival noun phrase moeders taal, moederstaal, whence moerstaal; spellings without interfix -s- become normal for this sense in the 18th century.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈmu.dərˌtaːl/
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- Hyphenation: moe‧der‧taal
Noun
    
moedertaal f (plural moedertalen, diminutive moedertaaltje n)
- mother tongue
- Synonym: moerstaal
- Nederlands is mijn moedertaal.- Dutch is my mother language.
 
 
- ancestral language (language that is the ancestor of another language)
Derived terms
    
Descendants
    
- Afrikaans: moedertaal
- Negerhollands: muder tael
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