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Etymology

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From Dutch moedertaal.

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Noun

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moedertaal (plural moedertale)

  1. mother tongue

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Dutch

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Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Compound of moeder (mother) +‎ taal (language). The sense “mother tongue” was initially only used as a genitival noun phrase moeders taal, moederstaal, whence moerstaal; spellings without interfix -s- become normal for this sense in the 18th century.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmu.dərˌtaːl/
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  • Hyphenation: moe‧der‧taal

Noun

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moedertaal f (plural moedertalen, diminutive moedertaaltje n)

  1. mother tongue
    Synonym: moerstaal
    Nederlands is mijn moedertaal.
    Dutch is my mother language.
  2. ancestral language (language that is the ancestor of another language)

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: moedertaal
  • Negerhollands: muder tael