interlanguage.
A language generated by a student of a foreign language that incorporates aspects of their native language and the target language.
Meaning & usage
A language generated by a student of a foreign 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.
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.
A pidgin or creole
Where this word comes from
From inter- + language. In the language acquisition sense introduced by Larry Selinker in 1972.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.