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interlanguage

in·ter·lan·guage

US/ɪnˈtɜɹˈlæŋɡwɪd͡ʒ/ uncommon

noun

1.

a common language used by speakers of different languages

  • “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”

Origin

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

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