monolingual
adjective
uk/ˌmɒn.əʊˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/us/ˌmɑː.noʊˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/ableto use onelanguagewell:
Heacknowledgedthere were no monolingualGaelicspeakersleftinScotland.
Monolingualchildrenareabletolearna secondlanguagequicklyif given thechance.
(of agrouporplace) using onelanguageas themainlanguage:
Most of thechildrenwere beingraisedin monolingual, English-speakinghouseholds.
Groups ofchildrenlivingin a monolingualenvironmentwerecomparedwithchildrenlivingin abilingualenvironment.
written,created, or done using only onelanguage:
This is a monolingualdictionary.这是一本单语词典。
Only monolingualEnglishsentenceswere used andmixedKorean andEnglishutteranceswereexcludedfrom theanalysis.
Using other languages
- Anglocentric
- Anglocentrism
- anglophone
- bilingualism
- biliterate
- code switch
- lingo
- linguist
- native speaker
- non-native
- non-native speaker
- non-speaker
- pinyin
- polyglot
- render
- rendering
- signer
- speaker
- target language
- translator
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bilingualadjective
multilingual