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interlanguage

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/ɪnˈtɜɹˈlæŋɡwɪd͡ʒ/ English

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noun

  1. A 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. 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.”
  3. A pidgin or creole.

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