alloglot

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French alloglote, equivalent to allo- +‎ -glot.

Adjective

alloglot (not comparable)

1. (linguistics) Speaking a non-native language.
   • 2007, Geneviève Zarate, Handbook of Multilingualism and Multiculturalism:

     Except for this special measure in favour of the children of the Polish minors living in the north and the east of France, the treatment of foreign alloglot children in the French school system was not specifically different from that applied to national children.

Derived terms

• interalloglot

Noun

alloglot (plural alloglots)

1. (linguistics) One who speaks a non-native language.
   • 2008, Monica Barni, Mapping Linguistic Diversity in Multicultural Contexts, page 197:

     The question is where the alloglots live, whether persons with the same linguistic background remain closely together in the same villages or suburbs of the cities and form alloglot islands where the respective language would have a majority or at least constitute a strong minority, or whether the clustering of languages follows different patterns (for example economic ones).