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exolingual

exolingual adjective: pertaining to a series of utterances between two people who do not speak the same language.

Adjective

exolingual (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a series of utterances between two people who do not speak the same language.
    • Studies of interaction in contact situations have often concentrated on so-called "exolingual" conversations between natives and non-natives.2007, Konstanze Jungbluth, Identities in Migration Contexts, page 53

Origin of exolingual

From exo- + lingual.

Words that rhyme with exolingual

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Questions about exolingual

What does exolingual mean?
Exolingual means pertaining to a series of utterances between two people who do not speak the same language.
What part of speech is exolingual?
Exolingual is an adjective.

Words near exolingual in the dictionary

  1. exolevanase
  2. exolevanases
  3. exolever
  4. exolevers
  5. exolife
  6. exolingual
  7. exolipase
  8. exolipases
  9. exolipid
  10. exolipids
  11. exoloop

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