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Bilingual

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A bilingual text is written in two languages (e.g., English and French).

Be careful to not mix up “bilingual” with “bi-scriptual.” The latter means “two scripts,” or “two writing systems.” For example, English and Chinese are two different languages, but they also use different scripts.

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