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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
non-native + speaker or non- + native speaker
Noun
non-native speaker (plural non-native speakers)
- (linguistics) Someone who has another native tongue than the language being used.
- Synonym: allophone
- Antonym: native speaker
2019, Irina S. Lebedeva, Svetlana N. Orlova, “Semantics and pragmatics of the double modal ‘might could’”, in Training, Language and Culture, volume 3, number 2, →DOI:Although double modality is outside the scope of Standard English and is not addressed in the school syllabus, it is a widespread phenomenon which non-native speakers of English might find confusing and should at least be aware of.
Translations
someone who has another native tongue than the language being used