Multilingualism

Language Acquisition

First language acquisition

Second language acquisition

Critical period hypothesis

Contrastive analysis

Fossilization

Applied linguistics

Monitor theory

Language teaching

Communicative approach

Comprehension approach

Multilingualism

Language attrition

Creolistics

Multilingualism refers to the state of knowing two or more languages, as opposed to one (monolingualism). People or speech communities - groups of people sharing a way of speaking - can be multilingual (societal multilingualism). Where two languages are used, the term bilingualism is often preferred, and occasionally trilingualism is also used, for three languages.

A multilingual individual need not be completely fluent or a native speaker of either language, nor do they need to regularly use both languages.

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See also

• Lingua franca
• Language acquisition