language barrier
noun
: a difficulty for people communicating because they speak different languages
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Almost everything the band members said or sang during their show was in Spanish, which didn’t seem to pose a language barrier for anyone in the crowd.
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Sophie Levenson, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
Stories from my grandmother, from my aunts, and my cousins in DR, lost to a language barrier.
—Natalie Guerrero
july 28, Literary Hub, 28 July 2025
There will be no language barrier for a player born in Nuremberg to a German mother while his father served in the U.S. military over there.
—Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 12 July 2025
Immigration advocates shared information on who to call for help, how to read a search warrant and how to find language barrier services.
—Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 4 July 2025
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Sophie Levenson, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
Stories from my grandmother, from my aunts, and my cousins in DR, lost to a language barrier.
—Natalie Guerrero
july 28, Literary Hub, 28 July 2025
There will be no language barrier for a player born in Nuremberg to a German mother while his father served in the U.S. military over there.
—Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 12 July 2025
Immigration advocates shared information on who to call for help, how to read a search warrant and how to find language barrier services.
—Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 4 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for language barrier
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“Language barrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/language%20barrier. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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