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interlanguage

[ in-ter-lang-gwij ]

noun

  1. a language created or used for international communication.
  2. (in second-language acquisition) the linguistic system characterizing the output of a nonnative speaker at any stage prior to full acquisition of the target language.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of interlanguage1

First recorded in 1925–30; inter- + language

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