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Someone who has another native tongue than the language being used.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: allophone
Antonyms: native speaker
From non-native + speaker or non- + native speaker.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
nie-moedertaalspreker
— someone who has another native tongue than the language being used
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Chinese Mandarin:
非母語人士 /非母语人士
(fēi-mǔyǔ rénshì)
— someone who has another native tongue than the language being used
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Dutch:
niet-moedertaalspreker
— someone who has another native tongue than the language being used
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Dutch:
niet-moedertaalspreekster
— someone who has another native tongue than the language being used
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Finnish:
ei-syntyperäinen puhuja
— someone who has another native tongue than the language being used
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French:
locuteur non-natif
— someone who has another native tongue than the language being used
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German:
Nichtmuttersprachler
— someone who has another native tongue than the language being used
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German:
Nichtmuttersprachlerin
— someone who has another native tongue than the language being used
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German:
Nicht-Muttersprachler
— someone who has another native tongue than the language being used
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German:
Nicht-Muttersprachlerin
— someone who has another native tongue than the language being used
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Polish:
nierodzimy użytkownik języka
— someone who has another native tongue than the language being used
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Polish:
nierodzima użytkowniczka języka
— someone who has another native tongue than the language being used
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Portuguese:
falante não-nativo
— someone who has another native tongue than the language being used
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Spanish:
hablante no nativo
— someone who has another native tongue than the language being used