How to say first language in Japanese

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Example Sentences

ラテン語ratengoがga世界sekai最初のsaishono「国際語kokusaigo」としてtoshite何百年nen以上ijouものmono間ma使われてtsukawareteきたkitaことkotoがgaわかるwakaruとto、英語eigoとtoのno類似点ruijitenはhaよりyoriいっそうissou顕著kenchoになってninatteくるkuru。
The parallel with English becomes even more striking when we realize that Latin continued to be used for many hundreds of years more as the world's first "international language."
フランス語furansugoはha彼女のkanojono母語bogoだda。
French is her first language.
４億人ninのno人hitoがga英語eigoをwo第dai一言語gengoとしてtoshite話しhanashiますmasu。
Four hundred million people speak English as their first language.
トムTOMUはha10ヶ国kakoku語goがgaぺらぺらperaperaというtoiu語学gogakuのno天才tensaiだdaがga、数学suugakuはha大daiのno苦手nigateでde簡単kantanなna1次ji方程式houteishikiもmo解けtokeないnai。
Tom is a language genius who speaks 10 languages fluently, but he's really bad at maths and can't even solve a simple first-order equation.
２０００年nen頃goroはじめてhajimete韓国kankokuへhe行っiたta私watashiはha覚えoboeたてtateのno韓国kankoku語goでde四苦八苦shikuhakkuしshiながらnagara道michiをwo尋ねtazuneたりtariバスBASUやya電車denshaのno行き先yukisakiをwo聞いkiiたりtariしshiてteいiましmashiたta。たまtamaにni英語eigoでde話しhanashiてteくれるkureru人hitoがgaいるiruとtoほっとhottoするsuruのnoですdesuがga、逆gyakuにni、隣tonariのno国kuniなnaのにnoni地球chikyuuのno裏側uragawaのno国kuniのno言葉kotobaでde話しhanashiてteいるiru自分jibunをwo、客観kyakkan的tekiにni見miてte不思議fushigiにni思っomoたtaものmonoですdesu。
It was about the year 2000 when I remember doing my first trip to Korea. Using my limited Korean, I had lots of trouble asking for basic things like where the train or bus were, and even what the way was to places. I remember lots of people responding to me in English, and while I was pretty relieved at that, I’ve gotta say: people in the country right next to us, speaking a language from peoples on the other side of the world! It’s only when you look at it in that objective state of mind that you realize how strange that is.

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