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Noun: second language
  1. A language that a person has acquired in adolescence or later
    "Research on adult-learned second language (L2) has provided considerable insight into the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying the learning and processing of L2 grammar";
    - L2

Derived forms: second languages

Type of: language, linguistic communication

Encyclopedia: Second language