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Interlanguage

//ɪnˈtɜɹˈlæŋɡwɪd͡ʒ// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A language generated by a student of a foreign 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. 2
    a common language used by speakers of different languages wordnet
  3. 3
    A lingua franca, a common language used by speakers of different languages

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

  4. 4
    A pidgin or creole

Etymology

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

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