First language

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<p>Time to pull out the web dictionaries/Wikipedia:</p>

<p>[First</a> language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_language]First”>First language - Wikipedia)

A **first language<a href=“also%20mother%20tongue,%20native%20language,%20arterial%20language,%20or%20L1”>/b</a> is the language a human being learns from birth

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<p>[WordNet</a> Search - 3.0](<a href=“http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=first%20language]WordNet”>http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=first%20language)

**first language<a href=“one’s%20native%20language;%20the%20language%20learned%20by%20children%20and%20passed%20from%20one%20generation%20to%20the%20next”>/b</a>

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<p>Ability to read/write in your first language is not required. However, since a first language can be defined as a language you know best, you could put English if it seems correct. Use your best judgement, but don’t get too worried about it.</p>

<p>Also see:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/622818-first-language.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/622818-first-language.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;