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Meaning of "mixed language" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF MIXED LANGUAGE

mixed language


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MIXED LANGUAGE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mixed language is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MIXED LANGUAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mixed language

A mixed language is a language that arises through the fusion of usually two source languages, normally in situations of thorough bilingualism, so that it is not possible to classify the resulting language as belonging to either of the language families that were its sources. Although the concept is frequently encountered in historical linguistics from the early 20th century, attested cases of language mixture, as opposed to code-switching, substrata, or lexical borrowing, are quite rare. Furthermore, a mixed language may mark the appearance of a new ethnic or cultural group.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MIXED LANGUAGE

mixed bag · mixed blessing · mixed bud · mixed bunch · mixed crystal · mixed doubles · mixed economy · mixed farm · mixed farming · mixed forest · mixed grill · mixed marriage · mixed martial arts · mixed media · mixed metaphor · mixed race · mixed salad · mixed spice · mixed up · mixed-ability

WORDS THAT END LIKE MIXED LANGUAGE

American sign language · artificial language · body language · command language · English as a Foreign Language · English as a Second Language · first language · formal language · high-level language · language · messuage · native language · natural language · plain language · programming language · second language · sign language · source language · speak the same language · target language · Unified Modeling Language

Synonyms and antonyms of mixed language in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mixed language» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF MIXED LANGUAGE

Find out the translation of mixed language to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of mixed language from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mixed language» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

混合语言
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

lenguaje mixto
570 millions of speakers
en

English

mixed language
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

मिश्रित भाषा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لغة مختلطة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

смешанный язык
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

linguagem mista
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

মিশ্র ভাষা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

langue mixte
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Bahasa campuran
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Mischsprache
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

混交言語
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

혼합 언어
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Campuran basa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngôn ngữ hỗn hợp
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

கலப்பு மொழி
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

मिश्र भाषा
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Karışık dil
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

lingua mista
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

język mieszany
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

змішаний мову
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

limba mixt
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μικτή γλώσσα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gemengde taal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

blandat språk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

blandet språk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mixed language

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MIXED LANGUAGE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of mixed language
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «mixed language».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mixed language

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MIXED LANGUAGE»

Discover the use of mixed language in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mixed language and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Making of a Mixed Language: The Case of Ma'a/Mbugu
In fact the people speak two languages: one mixed and one closely related to the Bantu language Pare. This book is the first comprehensive description of these languages.
Maarten Mous, 2003
2
Language Mixing and Code-Switching in Writing: Approaches to ...
However, most research has focused on spoken language, and the resultant theoretical frameworks have been based on spoken code-switching. This volume presents a collection of new work on the alternation of languages in written form.
Mark Sebba, Shahrzard Mahootian, Carla Jonsson, 2012
3
The Mixed Language Debate: Theoretical and Empirical Advances
This collection of articles is devoted to the theoretical and empirical controversies that surround the study of Mixed Languages.
Yaron Matras, Peter Bakker, 2003
4
English-only teachers in mixed-language classrooms: a ...
Read English-Only Teachers in Mixed-Language Classrooms: A Survival Guideand discover that teaching second language learners is not only less scary than you might have thought, but that there's nothing quite like the satisfaction of helping ...
Joanne Yatvin, 2007
5
Middle Arabic and Mixed Arabic: Diachrony and Synchrony
Drawing on the recent discussions of Middle Arabic and mixed Arabic, this book offers a comprehensive survey of the various fields of Muslim, Jewish, and Christian Arabic texts as well as the matters of mixed language and diglossia.
Liesbeth Zack, Arie Schippers, 2012
6
A Language of Our Own : The Genesis of Michif, the Mixed ...
The Michif language -- spoken by descendants of French Canadian fur traders and Cree Indians in western Canada -- is considered an "impossible language" since it uses French for nouns and Cree for verbs, and comprises two different sets of ...
Peter Bakker Researcher University of Aarhus, 1997
7
Scandoromani: Remnants of a Mixed Language
Scandoromani: Remnants of a Mixed Language is a study of the language of the Swedish and Norwegian Romano, an official minority language in Sweden and Norway, which has been spoken in these countries since the early 16th century.
Gerd Carling, Lenny Lindell, Gilbert Ambrazaitis, 2014
8
Linguistic Borrowing in Bilingual Contexts
1.2.1 Defining mixed language In defining the term mixed language, Bakker and Mous (1994b:5) offer the following (repeated in Golovko 1994: 119 and Bakker 1997:213): a. bound morphemes (always of a grammatical nature) are in ...
Fredric W. Field, 2002
9
Sheng: The Mixed Language of Nairobi
With respect to question one, the core lexicon, like Russenorsk's, Trio-Ndjuka's and Michif's, manifests a nearly fifty-fifty split in Sheng (52% Swahili; 48% other), making it a mixed language lexically.
Philip W. Rudd, 2008
10
Teaching Writing in Mixed-Language Classrooms: Powerful ...
In this book, a national literacy leader offers a variety of techniques for teaching writing that will motivate all students, while also providing ELLs with the supports they need.
Joanne Yatvin, 2009

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MIXED LANGUAGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mixed language is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Watchwords: Origin of Italo-Canadian term mangia-cake is in dispute
Pillarella says that older Italian Montrealers have developed a mixed language in which many expressions show the influence of either French ... «Montreal Gazette, Jul 15»
2
Hong Kong hosts parenting and Cantonese literacy classes for …
The group of mothers comprised of a mixed language background and nationalities (Indian, Nepalese, Pakistani, Filipino, and Indonesian). «Times of India, Jul 15»
3
Silver Star join trend by welcoming in foreign players
We speak a mixed language of Japanese and English. Roman and I studied Japanese. (Japanese teammates) know some English and we ... «The Japan Times, May 15»
4
Author's visit to Waukegan High breaks down language barriers
Lackey said she chose Baker's book because of the mixed language component and the fact that no one in her classes had read it. "They have ... «Chicago Tribune, May 15»
5
While old Indigenous languages disappear, new ones evolve
... observed only in Canada with Michif, a French-Cree mixed language, and in Russia with Mednyj Aleut, a Russian-Aleut mixed language. «UQ News, Oct 14»
6
New 'mixed' language discovered in Northern Australia
Light Warlpiri is known as a "mixed language," because it blends elements from multiple languages: Traditional Warlpiri, which is spoken by ... «NBCNews.com, Jun 13»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Mixed language [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mixed-language>. May 2024 ».
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