母国語
Japanese
editKanji in this term | ||
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母 | 国 | 語 |
ぼ Grade: 2 |
こく Grade: 2 |
ご Grade: 2 |
on'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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母國語 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
editCompound of 母国 (bokoku, “motherland, mother country, country of one's birth”) + 語 (-go, “language”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- the language of the country of one's birth
- native language, mother tongue, first language
Usage notes
editIn common Japanese usage, this term is synonymous with 母語 (bogo, “mother tongue, first language”). However, bokokugo and bogo may refer to different things, such as in the context of a country with more than one language (such as Canada or South Africa), or in the context of someone having moved to a different country.
References
editCategories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 母 read as ぼ
- Japanese terms spelled with 国 read as こく
- Japanese terms spelled with 語 read as ご
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese terms suffixed with 語
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 3 kanji
- ja:Languages