semilingualism

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English

Etymology

From semilingual +‎ -ism, introduced by a Swedish researcher Hansegård N. E. in 1975.

Noun

semilingualism (uncountable)

  1. The phenomenon of people speaking several languages at a low level of development, with evident deficiencies in all languages.