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What does father tongue mean?
father tongue
noun
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A separate language for expressing ideas, as opposed to the vernacular (mother tongue) which is employed for everyday speech.
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The form of language acquired through education and reading, as opposed to the dialect one grows up speaking; educated or formal language.
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A second language that one speaks fluently.
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language spoken by one's father
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