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  2. Multilingualism - Wikipedia

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    When the languages are just two, it is usually called Bilingualism. It is believed that multilingual speakers outnumber monolingual speakers in the world's population. [1] [2] More than half of all Europeans claim to speak at least one language other than their mother tongue; [3] but many read and write in one

  3. Plurilingualism - Wikipedia

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    Plurilingualism is the ability of a person who has competence in more than one language to switch between multiple languages depending on the situation for ease of communication. [1] Plurilingualism is different from code-switching in that plurilingualism refers to the ability of an individual to use multiple languages, while code-switching is ...

  4. Third language acquisition - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] It contrasts with second language acquisition in the narrow sense, which is concerned with the acquisition of an additional language by (then) monolinguals. The success of third language acquisition varies with age and the languages already known, which can have intricate effects on the language to be acquired. [2]

  5. Spoken language - Wikipedia

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    A spoken language is a form of communication produced through articulate sounds or, in some cases, through manual gestures, as opposed to written language. Oral or vocal languages are those produced using the vocal tract, whereas sign languages are produced with the body and hands.

  6. Language - Wikipedia

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    According to this theory, the most basic form of language is a set of syntactic rules that is universal for all humans and which underlies the grammars of all human languages. This set of rules is called Universal Grammar; for Chomsky, describing it is the primary objective of the discipline of linguistics. Thus, he considered that the grammars ...

  7. English language - Wikipedia

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    Formation of new words, called neologisms, based on Greek and/or Latin roots (for example television or optometry) is a highly productive process in English and in most modern European languages, so much so that it is often difficult to determine in which language a neologism originated.

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  9. List of multilingual countries and regions - Wikipedia

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    Indonesians speak about 746 different languages. [187] Javanese has the most users in terms of native speakers (about 80 million). However, the sole official (or so-called "unity language") is Indonesian which has only 30 million L1 speakers (compared to Indonesia 260 million population). The role of Indonesian is important to glue together ...