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Mutual Intelligibility

Scope Note: 
Relationship between/among languages or dialects that allows speakers of different but related varieties to understand each other.
Category: Language and Speech
Related Terms
Communication (Thought Transfer)
Contrastive Linguistics
Dialects
Jargon
Language Classification
Languages
Second Languages
Sociolinguistics
Speech Acts
Verbal Communication
Added to ERIC: 7/1/1966