👉 In linguistics, a "prelanguage" is a specialized language or system used by speakers of another language to communicate effectively with each other. Prelanguages are typically derived from the same linguistic family as their target language and have been developed through the process of translingual communication or translation.
Prelanguages can be broadly categorized into three main types:
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Native Prelanguage
: These prelanguages are directly related to a native speaker's native language and were created by that speaker after being trained in the