Related Words for second language

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WordSyllablesCategories
international auxiliary language
xx/xxx/xx/x
Name, Name, Name
interlanguage
/x/x
Noun
native speaker
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
language
/x
Noun
vernacular
x/xx
Noun
langue
/
Noun
parole
x/
Noun
descendant
x/x
Noun
dialect
/xx
Noun
hybrid
/x
Noun
tongue
/
Noun
substrate
/x
Noun
version
/x
Noun
language barrier
/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
lingo
/x
Noun
borrowing
/xx
Noun
speech
/
Noun
idiom
/xx
Noun
lacuna
x/x
Noun
symbolic language
x/x/x
Phrase, Noun
reflex
/x
Noun
natural language
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
substitution
xx/x
Noun
sign language
//x
Phrase, Noun
jargon
/x
Noun
speak
/
Verb
attrition
x/x
Noun
baby talk
/x/
Phrase, Noun
interference
xx/x
Noun
linguistics
x/x
Noun
slang
/
Noun
tandem
/x
Noun
gibberish
/xx
Noun
derivative
x/xx
Noun
third person
//x
Phrase, Noun
grammar
/x
Noun
polyglot
xxx
Noun
importation
xx/x
Noun
interpretation
xxx/x
Noun
lexicon
/xx
Noun
idiosyncrasy
xxx/xx
Noun
metalanguage
/x/x
Noun
sociolinguistics
xx/x/x
Noun
modification
xxx/x
Noun
english
/x
Name
code
/
Noun
abbreviation
xxx/x
Noun
abet
x/
Noun, Verb
accordance
x/x
Noun
additional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
afterwards
/xx
Adverb
again
x/
Adverb
aide
/
Noun
alphabet
/xx
Noun, Verb
also
/x
Adverb
alternate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
alternative
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
andre
/x
Name
another
x/x
Name
approximate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
arabic
/xx
Name, Adjective
authored
/x
Adjective
back
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
barrage
x/
Noun, Verb
besides
x/
Adverb
best
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
bilingual
x/x
Adjective, Noun
bilingualism
x/xxx
Noun
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
braille
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
branch
/
Noun, Verb
calendar
/xx
Noun, Verb
characteristic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
charm
/
Noun, Verb
chinese
x/
Adjective, Name
climax
/x
Noun, Verb
commercial
x/x
Adjective, Noun
communication
xxx/x
Noun
compartment
x/x
Noun, Verb
con
/
Noun, Verb
conversation
xx/x
Noun, Verb
culmination
xx/x
Noun
culture
/x
Noun, Verb
deuce
/
Noun
dictation
x/x
Noun
different
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
discourse
/x
Noun, Verb
discussion
x/x
Noun
disorder
x/x
Noun, Verb
double
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
drafting
/x
Noun
dual
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
easter
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
editor
/xx
Noun
editorial
xx/xx
Noun, Adjective
education
xx/x
Noun
eighth
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
eleventh
x/x
Adjective, Noun
else
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
endorse
x/
Verb, Noun
endorsement
x/x
Noun
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
exec
x/
Noun, Verb
expression
x/x
Noun
extinct
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
extra
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
eye
/
Noun, Verb
family
/xx
Noun, Adjective
fifth
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
fiftieth
/xx
Adjective, Noun
first
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
flash
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
followed
/x
Verb
foreign
/x
Adjective, Name
formulae
/xx
Noun
formulating
/xxx
Verb
formulation
xx/x
Noun
forward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fourth
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
francophone
/xx
Noun, Adjective
french
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
frisian
/x
Name, Adjective
further
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
furthermore
/xx
Adverb
gaelic
/x
Name, Adjective
german
/x
Adjective, Name
graduate
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
ground
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
hand
/
Noun, Verb
heartbeat
/x
Noun
highbrow
/x
Noun, Adjective
hindi
/x
Name, Adjective
indian
/xx
Name, Adjective
inhabitant
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
instant
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
instruction
x/x
Noun
intermediate
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
irregular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
italian
x/x
Adjective, Name
jiffy
/x
Noun
junior
/x
Adjective, Noun
keel
/
Noun, Verb
last
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
later
/x
Adverb, Adjective
latter
/x
Adjective
learners
/x
Adjective
learning
/x
Noun
lengua
/x
Noun
letter
/x
Noun, Verb
lexis
/x
Name
lingua
/x
Noun
literacy
/xxx
Noun
little
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
locale
x/
Noun
locution
x/x
Noun
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
lyric
/x
Noun, Adjective
mainstream
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
marathi
x/x
Name, Adjective
mate
/
Noun, Verb
medium
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
mentioned
/x
Verb
middle
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
millisecond
/xxx
Noun
minority
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
minute
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
moi
/
Name
moment
/x
Noun
monolingual
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
monologue
/xx
Noun, Verb
moreover
x/x
Adverb
mother
/x
Noun, Verb
mouth
/
Noun, Verb
multilingual
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
name
/
Noun, Verb
new
/
Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb
new york minute
///x
Name, Name
next
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
nitrogen
/xx
Noun
nomenclature
/xxx
Noun
none
/
Noun, Adverb
nonfiction
x/x
Noun
official
x/x
Adjective, Noun
one
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
online
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
onslaught
/x
Noun
ordinal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
oriya
x/x
Name
other
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
outpouring
x/x
Noun
parlance
/x
Noun
people
/x
Noun, Verb
per
/
Adjective, Noun
pertaining
x/x
Noun
philology
x/xx
Noun
phrase
/
Noun, Verb
pinpoint
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
placed
/
Adjective
pronunciation
xxx/x
Noun
prosody
/xx
Noun
psychological moment
xx/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
redaction
x/x
Noun
relating
x/x
Noun
rhetoric
/xx
Noun, Adjective
saying
/x
Noun
sec
/
Noun
second base
/x/
Phrase, Noun
secondarily
xx/xx
Adverb