Related Words for language barrier

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WordSyllablesCategories
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