interlanguage | ||
1. | [ noun ] (linguistics) a common language used by speakers of different languages | |
Synonyms: | koine lingua_franca interlingua | |
Examples: | "Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman times" |
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Related terms: | language natural_language lingua_franca | |
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interlingua interchange interlacing interlayer interlaken interlaced interfering internal_angle interchangeable interior_angle interlocking interlobular interlinking in_the_raw interbrain intermural inter_alia interferon interplanetary interchangeably interleukin interlinear intermarriage interpellate interpellation interlineal intervening |