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Bilingualism vs Biliteracy: What's the Difference?

What is the difference between the terms bilingual and biliterate? Are they interchangeable?
  • A person who is bilingual can fluently speak two languages.
  • A person who is biliterate can read and write proficiently in two languages.
  • A person who is biliterate is also considered bilingual, but a person who is bilingual is not necessarily biliterate.

 


 

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