"languist" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: languists [plural]
Etymology: language + -ist Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|language|ist}} language + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} languist (plural languists)
  1. (non-native speakers' English) Misconstruction of linguist. Tags: alt-of, misconstruction Alternative form of: linguist Categories (topical): Linguistics, People

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "1999 April 16, ala...@my-dejanews.com, “Questions about Kemal Atatürk?”, in soc.culture.kurdish (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-28",
          "text": "Many European languages are very close to each other. You can see many similarities between English and German. I also found similarities between kurdish and Polish, Rusian, French and even english. If I knew more European languages I would find more common things. A languist can figure out this very easily. I am not proud for What I am telling you but I just write the realities. here I only concern about realities and science. But you only concern about how to degrade kurdish. You are an idiot unti science.",
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          "ref": "2001 October 8, Neal's Cat, “Final Post from MarsRules”, in alt.prophecies.nostradamus (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-28",
          "roman": "i'm an excellent languist.",
          "text": "hi ! i'm neal's kat !",
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        {
          "ref": "2005 October 15, me, “The Truth about Hmong Culture.”, in soc.culture.hmong (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-28",
          "text": "Somehow I do not believe that knowing Hmong culture or language is a prerequisite to being a scholar or learned person. Of course, I would expect a Hmong languist to speak Hmong at the level of expertise required at his level of training. However, I would not apply the same to a Hmong mathematician, physicist, doctor, or any professional whose area of expertise is unrelated to Hmong culture or language.",
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        "(non-native speakers' English) Misconstruction of linguist."
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          "ref": "1999 April 16, ala...@my-dejanews.com, “Questions about Kemal Atatürk?”, in soc.culture.kurdish (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-28",
          "text": "Many European languages are very close to each other. You can see many similarities between English and German. I also found similarities between kurdish and Polish, Rusian, French and even english. If I knew more European languages I would find more common things. A languist can figure out this very easily. I am not proud for What I am telling you but I just write the realities. here I only concern about realities and science. But you only concern about how to degrade kurdish. You are an idiot unti science.",
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          "ref": "2001 October 8, Neal's Cat, “Final Post from MarsRules”, in alt.prophecies.nostradamus (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-28",
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          "text": "hi ! i'm neal's kat !",
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          "ref": "2005 October 15, me, “The Truth about Hmong Culture.”, in soc.culture.hmong (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-28",
          "text": "Somehow I do not believe that knowing Hmong culture or language is a prerequisite to being a scholar or learned person. Of course, I would expect a Hmong languist to speak Hmong at the level of expertise required at his level of training. However, I would not apply the same to a Hmong mathematician, physicist, doctor, or any professional whose area of expertise is unrelated to Hmong culture or language.",
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