The dialects spoken by the Amish and the Mennonites have a very limited degree of intelligibility because these communities migrated to America before the German language was standardized.
Source: tatoeba (10752740)
Intelligibility
//ɪnˌtɛl.ə.d͡ʒəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti//
Synonyms for "intelligibility" (43 found)
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1 entriesderived
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7 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 15 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- intel·ligibilitat noun (intelligible)
Czech
1 entries- srozumitelnost noun (intelligible)
Finnish
2 entries- ymmärrettävyys noun (intelligible)
- ymmärrettävyys noun (understandability of speech)
French
1 entries- intelligibilité noun (understandability of speech)
German
2 entries- Verständlichkeit noun (intelligible)
- Verständlichkeit noun (understandability of speech)
Hungarian
1 entries- érthetőség noun (intelligible)
Italian
2 entries- intelligibilità noun (intelligible)
- intelligibilità noun (understandability of speech)
Kazakh
1 entries- түсініктілік noun (intelligible)
Latin
1 entries- intellegibilitas noun (understandability of speech)
Manx
1 entries- so-hoiggalys noun (intelligible)
Polish
1 entries- zrozumiałość noun (intelligible)
Russian
4 entries- внятность noun (understandability of speech)
- вразумительность noun (intelligible)
- досту́пность noun (intelligible)
- отчётливость noun (understandability of speech)
Spanish
2 entries- inteligibilidad noun (intelligible)
- inteligibilidad noun (understandability of speech)
Turkish
4 entries- anlaşılabilirlik noun (intelligible)
- anlaşılabilirlik noun (understandability of speech)
- anlaşılırlık noun (intelligible)
- anlaşılırlık noun (understandability of speech)
Ukrainian
1 entries- зрозумі́лість noun (intelligible)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
There is total mutual intelligibility between Kabyle and the Shenwa dialect.
Source: tatoeba (11702925)
Stating that Berber dialects are separate languages is a common fallacy upheld by Western linguists who have little knowledge about the linguistic reality of North Africa. Mutual intelligibility among Berber speakers, particularly those who speak Northern Berber dialects is a verifiable fact.
Source: tatoeba (11702938)
No sensible person can deny the verifiable mutual intelligibility of Northern Berber dialects?
Source: tatoeba (11703189)
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