diff --git a/code/modules/surgery/organs/internal/tongue/_tongue.dm b/code/modules/surgery/organs/internal/tongue/_tongue.dm
index 03b223b4298..3d3d7240bb9 100644
--- a/code/modules/surgery/organs/internal/tongue/_tongue.dm
+++ b/code/modules/surgery/organs/internal/tongue/_tongue.dm
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@
 	// FF add, for auto-accent
 	if(HAS_TRAIT(source, TRAIT_NO_ACCENT))
 		return FALSE //accent disabled by user.
+	if(speech_args[SPEECH_LANGUAGE] in languages_native) // Speaking a native language?
+		return FALSE // Don't modify speech
+	if(HAS_TRAIT(source, TRAIT_SIGN_LANG)) // No modifiers for signers - I hate this but I simply cannot get these to combine into one statement
+		return FALSE // Don't modify speech
 	modify_speech(source, speech_args)
 
 /obj/item/organ/internal/tongue/proc/modify_speech(datum/source, list/speech_args)