language barrier

English

Noun

language barrier (plural language barriers)

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

Translations

barrier to communication

• Basque: hizkuntz oztopo
• Catalan: barrera lingüística f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 語言障礙／语言障碍 (zh) (yǔyán zhàng'ài)

• Dutch: taalkloof f
• Esperanto: lingva baro
• Finnish: kielimuuri (fi)
• French: barrière linguistique (fr) f
• Galician: barreira lingüística f
• German: Sprachbarriere (de) f
• Hungarian: nyelvi korlát
• Irish: bacainn teanga f
• Italian: barriera linguistica f
• Japanese: 言葉の壁 (kotoba no kabe)
• Kazakh: тілдік кедергі (tıldık kedergı)
• Korean: 언어장벽 (eoneo jangbyeok)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: astenga zimanî f

• Polish: bariera językowa f
• Portuguese: barreira linguística f
• Romanian: barieră lingvistică f
• Russian: языково́й барье́р (ru) m (jazykovój barʹjér)
• Scottish Gaelic: cnap-starra cànain m
• Spanish: barrera idiomática f
• Swedish: språkbarriär (sv) c
• Tagalog: hadlang ng wika
• Ukrainian: мовний бар'єр m (movnyj barʺjer)
• Vietnamese: rào cản ngôn ngữ

See also

• language border