Second language
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A second language is a language spoken in addition to one's first language. A second language may be a neighbouring language, another language of the speaker's home country, or a foreign language.
Blackboard used in class at Harvard shows students' efforts at placing the diaeresis and acute accent diacritics used in Spanish orthography.
A German student learning French. English (1.5 billion learners), French (82 million learners) and Chinese (30 million learners) are the three most commonly studied foreign languages.
Spanish taught as a second language to a class of native English speakers at an American private school in Massachusetts
First language
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A first language, native language, native tongue, or mother tongue is the first language a person has been exposed to from birth or within the critical period. In some countries, the term native langu
Second language
…A second language (L2) is a language spoken in addition to one's first language (L1). A second language may be a neighbouring language, another language of the speaker's home country, or a foreign language. A speaker's dominant…
The monument to the mother tongue (ana dili) in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan
International Mother Language Day Monument in Sydney, Australia, unveiling ceremony, 21 February 2006