Native - Nationality and Language

Nationality and Language

  • Native language and Native speaker (as opposed to foreign language and non-Native speaker)
  • Native-born citizen (as opposed to foreign born)
  • Indigenous peoples, people, communities, and nations who claim a historical continuity and cultural affinity with societies endemic to their original territories

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