If I say "mother tongue" to refer about the language speaks in my country, is wrong?
Well, I know que "mother language" is correct, so I just wanna know.
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Mother Tongue is mother language, and it is speaker's native language. You can treat it as the language that the speaker first learnt since birth (from his/her mother, usually).
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It's only "mother tongue". "Mother language" is laughably poor English (so is "wanna").
雲小泉 is right in saying that a mother tongue is what YOU speak, not necessarily what is spoken in your country.
Your proper question is: 'If I say "mother tongue" to refer to the language spoken in my country, is that wrong?"
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"Mother language" is not correct!
"Mother tongue" refers to YOUR mother tongue or the mother tongue of the people. It is not necessarily the language of a nation! There's a big difference.
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Mother tongue is correct. I've never seen "mother language" used in English.
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@Robert: on MSN you clarify my doubt(from your point of view), so... DON'T DISAPPEAR!!
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