a native of a country where the majority of the population speak English from early childhood
(mother tongue). The language a person who has spoken from about the age of five and has a "normal" accent for the region. Also, the lnaguage that the person is most familiar with in regards to language, dialects, culture, and customs.
A person who speaks the first language he or she learned, which may or may not be the person's dominant language or language of primary competence. Native speakers can have a grossly inadequate knowledge of their native language, depending on their education and the country where that education was obtained. For example, a person born in Mexico who immigrated to the United States as a child and received all his education here, is a native speaker of Spanish but will have a very limited knowledge of that language; his dominant language will be English.
A person whose first language, or mother tongue, is the language in question.
A person considered as a speaker of their native language
A person who speaks a language as their ' first language'.
someone for whom a particular language is a first language, learned naturally during childhood.
a person for whom the target language is his/her first language
A person with -native-speaker competence in a particular language.
