1.   His first language was Polish.

2.   In parts of Canada, French is the first language.

3.   My daughter has several classmates whose first language is Bengali.

4.   My first language is Dutch.

5.   The test put candidates whose first language was not English at a disadvantage.

6.   Students will be able to choose between English, French and Russian as their first foreign language.

7.   French is her first language.

8.   None had spent less than nine years in Jamaica before leaving, so that all had learnt their first language there.

9.   His first language is Welsh, and he believes the language is well suited to the world of business.

10.   Arriving in Kiev, where Russian rather than Ukrainian is still the first language for most people, I thought things would be different.