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Noun: interlanguage  'in-tu(r)`lang-gwij
  1. A common language used by speakers of different languages
    "Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the interlanguage of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman times"
    - lingua franca, koine

Derived forms: interlanguages

Type of: language, linguistic communication

Encyclopedia: Interlanguage

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