31.   But the ultimate value of the performance is the chance it provides English-speaking opera fans to hear the work in their native tongue.

32.   But the sight of Navajo codetalkers studiously memorizing, speaking, and transcribing words in their native tongue is hardly the stuff of an action movie.

33.   But the millennium is an invitation to take a longer view -- in both directions -- of our native tongue.

34.   Catholic missionaries followed, forbidding the Arhuaco Indians to speak their native tongue or practice their religion.

35.   Creole is the native tongue.

36.   English only was the rule at the school, and we were punished if we spoke our native tongue.

37.   Few Navajo young people speak their native tongue.

38.   Galarraga proved himself a loud celebrant, whooping it up on a Saturday night, often in his native tongue.

39.   French, Arabic and Berber are native tongues, and many film crews speak Italian or English.

40.   Ground control teams in Houston and in the Moscow suburb of Kaliningrad that will orchestrate the docking will rely primarily on their native tongues.