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interlanguage

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13 lettersPronunciation /ɪnˈtɜɹˈlæŋɡwɪd͡ʒ/Part of speech nounSorted aaeeggilnnrtuStarts with IEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a common language used by speakers of different languages

Word origin

From inter- + language. In the language acquisition sense introduced by Larry Selinker in 1972.

Used in a sentence

  • Trasyanka and Surzhyk are interlanguages: a Belarusian–Russian and a Ukrainian–Russian mixed language.
  • Latin used to be the European interlanguage. Currently English widely serves this purpose.
  • As [David] Bellos points out, those born as English speakers are now a minority of English speakers: most speak it as a second language. English is the world’s biggest interlanguage.

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