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imported>Daniel Mietchen
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imported>John Stephenson
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A [[natural language|language]] to which a [[person]] was not exposed during early childhood.
A language which is associated with another country or culture and is rarely or never used in a speaker's own community; usually taught in classrooms or through self-study, for practical purposes such as travel or doing business, or for pleasure.

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Foreign language [r]: A language which is associated with another country or culture and is rarely or never used in a speaker's own community; usually taught in classrooms or through self-study, for practical purposes such as travel or doing business, or for pleasure.