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semilingualism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
semilin-gual-ism
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Etymology

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

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Questions

What does semilingualism mean?
The phenomenon of people speaking several languages at a low level of development, with evident deficiencies in all languages.
Where does semilingualism come from?
From semilingual + -ism, introduced by a Swedish researcher Hansegård N. E. in 1975.

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