tongue

язы́к

The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech

• French is my mother tongue.

  Французский - мой родной язык.

  Tatoeba · nabeel_tahir · CC BY 2.0 FR

• My mother tongue is Japanese.

  Мой родной язык — японский.

  Tatoeba · Zifre · CC BY 2.0 FR

язы́к

A language

язы́к

Such an organ, as taken from animals and used for food (especially from cows)

язы́к

The speakers of a language, collectively

язы́к

A voice, (the distinctive sound of a person's speech); accent (distinctive manner of pronouncing a language)

язы́к

A manner of speaking, often habitually

язы́к

Any similar organ, such as the lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk; the proboscis of a moth or butterfly; or the lingua of an insectредкое

язы́к

A person speaking in a specified mannerредкое

язы́к

The power of articulate utterance; speech generallyредкое

язы́к

Discourse; the fluency of speech or expressionредкое