equilingual
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1EQUILINGUAL + NOUN
language, raffler-engel, von
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adj
Able to speak two or more languages at the same level of proficiency.
noun
A person who is equilingual.
Unilinguals and bilinguals other than equilinguals mostly consume mass media products in the language they know best.
If the equilingual speaks language A or B, the monolingual speakers of that language would recognize that the individual is a speaker of another language.
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3Unilinguals and bilinguals other than equilinguals mostly consume mass media products in the language they know best.
WiktionaryIf the equilingual speaks language A or B, the monolingual speakers of that language would recognize that the individual is a speaker of another language.
WiktionaryAn equilingual (von Raffler-Engel, 1961), on the other hand, is either ambilingual if both languages are equally native-like or semilingual (Skutnabb-Kangas, 1980) if both are mastered equally poorly.
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