"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): hizkuntz oztopo (Basque), barrera lingüística [feminine] (Catalan), 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), barreira lingüística [feminine] (Galician), Sprachbarriere [feminine] (German), nyelvi korlát (Hungarian), 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), мовний бар'єр (movnyj barʺjer) [masculine] (Ukrainian), rào cản ngôn ngữ (Vietnamese)

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          "code": "eu",
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          "sense": "barrier to communication",
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          "sense": "barrier to communication",
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            "feminine"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "barrier to communication",
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          "sense": "barrier to communication",
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          "roman": "kotoba no kabe",
          "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",
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          "sense": "barrier to communication",
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          "word": "astenga zimanî"
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