Phrase guide

speech community

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A group of people sharing a language, or a particular way of using that language

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

people sharing a given language or dialect

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Broader terms: community

History

Etymology

Probably a calque of German Sprachgemeinschaft.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: моўная супольнасць (mównaja supólʹnascʹ) — group of people sharing a language or way of speaking
  • Czech: jazyková komunita — group of people sharing a language or way of speaking
  • Czech: řečová komunita — group of people sharing a language or way of speaking
  • French: communauté linguistique — group of people sharing a language or way of speaking
  • Galician: comunidade lingüística — group of people sharing a language or way of speaking
  • German: Sprachgemeinschaft — group of people sharing a language or way of speaking
  • Indonesian: komunitas tutur — group of people sharing a language or way of speaking
  • Indonesian: komunitas wicara — group of people sharing a language or way of speaking
  • Indonesian: komunitas bahasa — group of people sharing a language or way of speaking
  • Korean: 언어공동체 (eoneogongdongche) — group of people sharing a language or way of speaking
  • Macedonian: јазична заедница (jazična zaednica) — group of people sharing a language or way of speaking
  • Macedonian: говорна заедница (govorna zaednica) — group of people sharing a language or way of speaking
  • Polish: społeczność językowa — group of people sharing a language or way of speaking
  • Polish: społeczność komunikacyjna — group of people sharing a language or way of speaking
  • Polish: społeczność mowna — group of people sharing a language or way of speaking
  • Polish: wspólnota językowa — group of people sharing a language or way of speaking
  • Polish: wspólnota komunikacyjna — group of people sharing a language or way of speaking
  • Polish: wspólnota mowna — group of people sharing a language or way of speaking
  • Russian: языковое сообщество (jazykovoje soobščestvo) — group of people sharing a language or way of speaking
  • Russian: речевое сообщество (rečevoje soobščestvo) — group of people sharing a language or way of speaking
  • Serbo-Croatian: jezička zajednica — group of people sharing a language or way of speaking
  • Serbo-Croatian: jezična zajednica — group of people sharing a language or way of speaking
  • Serbo-Croatian: govorna zajednica — group of people sharing a language or way of speaking
  • Slovak: jazyková komunita — group of people sharing a language or way of speaking
  • Slovak: rečová komunita — group of people sharing a language or way of speaking
  • Slovene: jezikovna skupnost — group of people sharing a language or way of speaking
  • Slovene: govorna skupnost — group of people sharing a language or way of speaking
  • Ukrainian: мовна спільнота (movna spilʹnota) — group of people sharing a language or way of speaking
  • Ukrainian: мовне співтовариство (movne spivtovarystvo) — group of people sharing a language or way of speaking