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Who is `native speaker'?

What is the meaning of this native speaker?
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Native speaker = a person who has spoken a language from a very early age.

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I grew up in England. I started to speak English when I was a child. I am a native speaker of English.

Your native language is acquired from your parents and the people around you. You are better at speaking your native language than any other language.
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Additionally, the term native can be misleading. It is quite possible that the first language learned is no longer a speaker's dominant language. Young immigrant children, whose families have moved to a new linguistic environment may lose, in part or in totality, the language they first acquired.

In such cases, competence, function, as well as origin are taken into consideration:

Origin: the language(s) one learned first (the language(s) in which one has established the first long-lasting verbal contacts).
Competence: the language(s) one knows best.
Function: the language(s) one uses most.

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