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Answer for the clue "Speaking only one language ", 11 letters:
monolingual

Word definitions for monolingual in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. knowing or using a single language. n. A person who knows or uses only a single language; a monoglot.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a monolingual dictionary (= written in only one language ) ▪ Monolingual dictionaries tend to have more examples than bilingual ones. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ a monolingual dictionary EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
monolingual \mon`o*lin"gual\ adj. Using or knowing only one language; as, monolingual speakers; a monolingual dictionary. Opposite of multilingual .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. using or knowing only one language; "monolingual speakers"; "a monolingual dictionary" [ant: multilingual ]

Usage examples of monolingual.

English around their children because they feel that monolingual English speakers have an advantage.

Only in monolingual single-culture business interactions is it reasonable to assume that everyone involved will roughly agree on what is presupposed and what must be explained.

The New York publishing scene makes almost no allowance for bringing gifted European and Asian genre writers to the attention of the American reading public and the monolingual status of most of us Americans will keep us ignorant of the existence of these writers.

And Yo was running, like the mad, into the safety of her first tongue, where the proudly monolingual John could not catch her, even if he tried.

In less than a millenium, English has changed so vastly that a modern German or Scandinavian, sent back in time to the days of Chaucer, would understand more than a monolingual Britisher or American.

Several times Krishna turned to say something in Bengali, and the boy would reply and I would curse myself for being a monolingual moron.

This would be my first attempt at conducting a true monolingual discovery procedure.

Several times Krishna turned to say something in Bengali, and the boy would reply and I would curse myself for being a monolingual moron.