Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

alloglot

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: al-loglot
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Speaking a non-native language.

noun

One who speaks a non-native language.

Example Sentences

"Except for this special measure in favour of the children of the Polish minors living in the north and the east of France, the treatment of foreign alloglot children in the French school system was not specifically different from that applied to national children."
"The question is where the alloglots live, whether persons with the same linguistic background remain closely together in the same villages or suburbs of the cities and form alloglot islands where the respective language would have a majority or at least constitute a strong minority, or whether the clustering of languages follows different patterns (for example economic ones)."

Etymology

Borrowed from French alloglote, equivalent to allo- + -glot.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: alloglote

Inflected Forms

alloglots (plural)

Derived Forms

interalloglot

Questions

What does alloglot mean?: Speaking a non-native language.
Where does alloglot come from?: It is traced to French.

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