Pashto was proudly her first language.

[meliss]

Hi. Is "proudly" used here in its direct meaning: feel proud? It sounds odd for me.
"Maulali Ishaqzai was a 35-year-old Kandahari Pashtuna of the underdog Ishaqzai. Tribal politics were in her blood. She had connections all over the Ishaqzai and Taliban. She hated how the Taliban treated women but delighted in the romance of fighting for tribal honor, including against Americans. Pashto was proudly her first language."
Source: The American War in Afghanistan by Carter Malkasian

 

[teechar]

It means she was proud of the fact that Pashto was her first language.

 

[Rover_KE]

Hi. Is "proudly" used here in its direct meaning: feel proud? It sounds odd for me.

It sounds odd to me, too. teechar has expressed it much better.