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International Language

 

(also interlanguage), a language that serves as a means of communication between nations or ethnic groups. An international language may be either a natural language, such as Russian in the USSR and Swahili in East Africa, or an artificial language, such as Esperanto. Languages that are formed either from different dialects of the same language or from different languages that have been in linguistic contact constitute a special type of international language; examples are koines and pidgin languages. Several international languages that are differentiated according to their spheres of use may function in the same language community.

V. A. VINOGRADOV

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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English is an international language that is spoken worldwide.
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It is set to welcome an audience of 1,700 delegates from over 30 countries around the world who are classroom teachers of English, teacher trainers, researchers in the fields of ELT and linguistics, administrators of English language schools and universities, and educators with an interest in international language education.
No doubt English language is international language and extremely important to communicate with the people outside the country.
He maintained that English was an international language and issue of many youngsters.
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Without doubt, English is an international language and our youth is passionate about mastering it.
as international language, international organizations will also do effort for its conservation.
'English is an international language and the language of knowledge, students in primary and secondary schools can learn it, but not in the teaching of science and mathematics because these are difficult subjects,' he said.
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