"language barrier" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: language barriers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} language barrier (plural language barriers)
  1. A conceptual barrier to effective communication, occurring when people who speak different languages attempt to communicate with each other. Wikipedia link: language barrier Related terms: language border Translations (barrier to communication): 語言障礙 (Chinese Mandarin), 语言障碍 (yǔyán zhàng'ài) (Chinese Mandarin), taalkloof [feminine] (Dutch), lingva baro (Esperanto), kielimuuri (Finnish), barrière linguistique [feminine] (French), Sprachbarriere [feminine] (German), bacainn teanga [feminine] (Irish), barriera linguistica [feminine] (Italian), 言葉の壁 (kotoba no kabe) (Japanese), тілдік кедергі (tıldık kedergı) (Kazakh), 언어장벽 (eoneo jangbyeok) (Korean), astenga zimanî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), bariera językowa [feminine] (Polish), barreira linguística [feminine] (Portuguese), barieră lingvistică [feminine] (Romanian), языково́й барье́р (jazykovój barʹjér) [masculine] (Russian), cnap-starra cànain [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), barrera idiomática [feminine] (Spanish), språkbarriär [common-gender] (Swedish), hadlang ng wika (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-language_barrier-en-noun-d2v28wgq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms with non-redundant manual transliterations

Inflected forms

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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "word": "語言障礙"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
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          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "barrier to communication",
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          ],
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          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "barrier to communication",
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          "word": "языково́й барье́р"
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          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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      "sense": "barrier to communication",
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      "sense": "barrier to communication",
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      ],
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      "sense": "barrier to communication",
      "word": "言葉の壁"
    },
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "tıldık kedergı",
      "sense": "barrier to communication",
      "word": "тілдік кедергі"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eoneo jangbyeok",
      "sense": "barrier to communication",
      "word": "언어장벽"
    },
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      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "barrier to communication",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "astenga zimanî"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "barrier to communication",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bariera językowa"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "barrier to communication",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "barreira linguística"
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      "sense": "barrier to communication",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "barieră lingvistică"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jazykovój barʹjér",
      "sense": "barrier to communication",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "языково́й барье́р"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "barrier to communication",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cnap-starra cànain"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "barrier to communication",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "barrera idiomática"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "barrier to communication",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "språkbarriär"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "barrier to communication",
      "word": "hadlang ng wika"
    }
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