Interlanguage

noun

/ɪnˈtɜɹˈlæŋɡwɪd͡ʒ/

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.nounA language generated by a student of an additional language that incorporates aspects of their native language and the target language.

"Trasyanka and Surzhyk are interlanguages: a Belarusian–Russian and a Ukrainian-Russian mixed language."

2.nounA lingua franca, a common language used by speakers of different languages.

"Latin used to be the European interlanguage. Currently English widely serves this purpose."

3.nounA pidgin or creole.

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