mixed language

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noun

any language containing items of vocabulary or other linguistic characteristics borrowed from two or more existing languagesSee also pidgin, creole (def. 1), lingua franca

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THINGAMABOB OR THINGUMMY: CAN YOU DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE US AND UK TERMS IN THIS QUIZ?

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Question 1 of 7

In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…

candystring

candyfloss

candypuff

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Words nearby mixed language

mixed feelings, mixed-flow turbine, mixed foursome, mixed-gender, mixed grill, mixed language, mixed layer, mixed marriage, mixed media, mixed metaphor, mixed nerve

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How to use mixed language in a sentence

Feist compares it with English and considers it a “mixed language” almost from the start, and many facts seem to favor this view.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe|John M. Tyler
It appears that a very mixed language is spoken in the kingdom of Wild Oats.
Laboulaye's Fairy Book|Various
This mixed language still survives among some of the inferior races of men.
The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song|F. W. Mott
They speak a mixed language collected from Persian Arabic, Syrian, and other tongues.
Modern Persia|Mooshie G. Daniel

To it, beyond all others, the designation of being a mixed language applies; indeed it corresponds altogether to this character.
The philosophy of life, and philosophy of language, in a course of lectures|Frederick von Schlegel