interlanguage

English

Etymology

inter- +‎ language

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɜɹˈlæŋɡwɪd͡ʒ/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

interlanguage (plural interlanguages)

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.

   Synonyms: koine, lingua franca

   Latin used to be the European interlanguage. Currently English widely serves this purpose.

3. A pidgin or creole.

Translations

mixed language

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 中間語言／中间语言, 中间语言 (zhōngjiān yǔyán)

• Finnish: sekakieli
• French: interlangue f
• German: Interimssprache f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: idirtheanga f
• Japanese: 中間言語 (ちゅうかんげんご, chūkan gengo)
• Russian: интер-язы́к m (intɛr-jazýk)
• Thai: ภาษาในระหว่าง (th) (paa-sǎa-nai-rá-wàang)

lingua franca — see lingua franca

pidgin — see pidgin

creole — see creole

Further reading

• interlanguage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia