language barrier

English

Noun

language barrier (plural language barriers)

A conceptual barrier to effective communication, occurring when people who speak different languages attempt to communicate with each other.

Translations

barrier to communication

Chinese:
Mandarin: 語言障礙 (zh), 语言障碍 (zh) (yǔyán zhàng'ài)
Dutch: taalkloof f
Esperanto: lingva baro
Finnish: kielimuuri (fi)
French: barrière linguistique (fr) f
German: Sprachbarriere (de) f
Irish: bacainn teanga f
Japanese: 言葉の壁 (kotoba-no kabe)

Kazakh: тілдік кедергі (tildik kedergi)
Korean: 언어장벽 (eon-eo jangbyeok)
Portuguese: barreira linguística f
Romanian: bariera lingvistica f
Russian: языково́й барье́р m (jazykovój barʹjér)
Scottish Gaelic: cnap-starra cànain m
Spanish: barrera idiomática f
Swedish: språkbarriär c
Tagalog: hadlang ng wika

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