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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| interference | xx/x | Noun, Noun |
| lacuna | x/x | Noun |
| language | /x | Noun |
| second language | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| speaking | /x | Verb |
| langue | / | Noun |
| international auxiliary language | xx/xxx/xx/x | Name, Name |
| dialog | /xx | Noun |
| message | /x | Noun |
| interpretation | xxx/x | Noun |
| symbolic language | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| sign language | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| communication | xxx/x | Noun |
| grammar | /x | Noun |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun |
| performance | x/x | Noun |
| competence | /xx | Noun |
| interlanguage | /x/x | Noun |
| jargon | /x | Noun |
| conversation | xx/x | Noun |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| version | /x | Noun |
| dialogue | /xx | Noun |
| diction | /x | Noun |
| listening | /xx | Verb |
| parole | x/ | Noun |
| substrate | /x | Noun |
| speech | / | Noun |
| native speaker | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| lingo | /x | Noun |
| sociolinguistics | xx/x/x | Noun |
| tongue | / | Noun |
| hybrid | /x | Noun |
| psycholinguistics | x/x/x | Noun |
| idiom | /xx | Noun |
| linguistics | x/x | Noun |
| stricture | /x | Noun |
| sign | / | Noun |
| dialectic | xx/x | Noun |
| attrition | x/x | Noun |
| contradiction in terms | xx/xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| body language | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| linkage | /x | Noun |
| idiosyncrasy | xxx/xx | Noun |
| phrase book | // | Phrase, Noun |
| displacement | x/x | Noun |
| lexicon | /xx | Noun |
| accommodation | xxx/x | Noun |
| abbreviation | xxx/x | Noun |
| advantage | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| alphabet | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| anti | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| apartheid | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| arabic | /xx | Name, Adjective |
| authored | /x | Adjective |
| backstop | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bar | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| barrage | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| barrera | x/x | Name |
| barricade | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| barriers | /xx | Noun |
| bilingual | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| bilingualism | x/xxx | Noun |
| biomimetic | /xx/x | Adjective |
| block | / | Noun, Verb |
| blockade | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| blockage | /x | Noun |
| boom | / | Noun, Verb |
| border | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bottleneck | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| boundary | /xx | Noun |
| braille | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| brake | / | Noun, Verb |
| branch | / | Noun, Verb |
| breakwater | /xx | Noun |
| bridge | / | Noun, Verb |
| buffer | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bulkhead | /x | Noun |
| bulwark | /x | Noun, Verb |
| burden | /x | Noun, Verb |
| challenge | /x | Noun, Verb |
| characteristic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| charm | / | Noun, Verb |
| checkpoint | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chinese | x/ | Adjective, Name |
| combinational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| constraint | x/ | Noun |
| containment | x/x | Noun |
| cord | / | Noun, Verb |
| cordon | /x | Noun, Verb |
| culture | /x | Noun, Verb |
| curtain | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dam | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| damn | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun |
| demarcation | xx/x | Noun |
| deterrent | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| dictation | x/x | Noun |
| dielectric | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| difficulty | /xxx | Noun |
| dike | / | Noun, Verb |
| disability | xx/xx | Noun |
| disadvantage | xx/x | Noun, Verb |
| discourse | /x | Noun, Verb |
| discriminate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective |
| discussion | x/x | Noun |
| disincentive | xx/x | Noun |
| disorder | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| dispersive | x/x | Adjective |
| dissipative | /xxx | Adjective |
| divide | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| doped | / | Adjective |
| drafting | /x | Noun |
| drawback | /x | Noun |
| editor | /xx | Noun |
| editorial | xx/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| education | xx/x | Noun |
| electrode | x/x | Noun |
| english | /x | Name, Adjective, Verb |
| epitaxial | xx/xx | Adjective |
| estrangement | x/x | Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| extinct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| family | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| fence | / | Noun, Verb |
| fender | /x | Noun, Verb |
| ferroelectric | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| foreign | /x | Adjective, Name |
| formula | /xx | Noun |
| formulating | /xxx | Verb |
| formulation | xx/x | Noun |
| francophone | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| french | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| frisian | /x | Name, Adjective |
| frontier | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| gaelic | /x | Name, Adjective |
| gap | / | Noun, Verb |
| gate | / | Noun, Verb |
| german | /x | Adjective, Name |
| grate | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| groin | / | Noun, Verb |
| ground | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| handicap | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| hedge | / | Noun, Verb |
| highbrow | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| hindered | /x | Verb |
| hindi | /x | Name, Adjective |
| hindrance | /x | Noun |
| hitch | / | Noun, Verb |
| hurdle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| impairment | x/x | Noun |
| impedance | x/x | Noun |
| impediment | x/xx | Noun |
| impeding | x/x | Adjective |
| indian | /xx | Name, Adjective |
| inducement | x/x | Noun |
| inhabitant | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| instruction | x/x | Noun |
| italian | x/x | Adjective, Name |
| jetty | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| keel | / | Noun, Verb |
| lanyard | /x | Noun |
| layer | /x | Noun, Verb |
| leap | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| learners | /x | Adjective |
| learning | /x | Noun |
| lengua | /x | Noun |
| letter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| levee | /x | Noun, Verb |
| lexis | /x | Name |
| limit | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| limitation | xx/x | Noun |
| line | / | Noun, Verb |
| lingua | /x | Noun |
| literacy | /xxx | Noun |
| locale | x/ | Noun |
| locution | x/x | Noun |
| lossy | /x | Adjective |
| lyric | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| mainstream | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| marathi | x/x | Name, Adjective |
| mark | / | Noun, Verb |
| medium | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| membrane | /x | Noun |
| metalanguage | /x/x | Noun |
| minority | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| moi | / | Name |
| mole | / | Noun |
| monolingual | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| monologue | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| mother | /x | Noun, Verb |
| mouth | / | Noun, Verb |
| multilingual | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| mur | x | Noun |
| name | / | Noun, Verb |
| natural language | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| night | / | Noun, Verb |
| nomenclature | /xxx | Noun |
| nonfiction | x/x | Noun |
| nonlinear | x/xx | Adjective |
| nuisance | /x | Noun |
| obstacle | /xx | Noun |
| obstruction | x/x | Noun |
| obstructive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| official | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| online | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| onslaught | /x | Noun |
| oriya | x/x | Name |
| outpouring | x/x | Noun |
| overlay | /xx | Noun, Verb |
