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semilingualism.

The phenomenon of people speaking several languages at a low level of development, with evident deficiencies in all languages.

14 characters5 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. The phenomenon of people speaking several languages at a low level of development, with evident deficiencies in all languages.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

From semilingual + -ism, introduced by a Swedish researcher Hansegård N. E. in 1975.

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