People-first language is a form of linguistic prescriptivism in English, aiming to avoid perceived and subconscious dehumanization when discussing people with disabilities, as such forming an aspect of disability etiquette.
双语例句
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About 60 percent of people identify English as their firstlanguage, while 24 percent claim French.
约有60%的人将英语作为他们的第一语言，而24%的人则选法语。
2
More people speak it as their second language than as their first.
更多的人将英语当作第二门语言，而不是母语来用。
3
On the estimates of David Crystal, a British expert, some 350m people speak English as their firstlanguage.