semilingual

Etymology

From semi- + lingual.

semilingual means Having a low profile in all of several languages that one can speak. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 73 out of 100.

adj

Having a low profile in all of several languages that one can speak.“The harmful effects of semilingualism on the identity and psyche, together with an incomplete mastery of Swedish, made the semilingual person socially handicapped in comparison with the monolingual Swede.”

noun

A person who knows two or more languages but exhibits low profile in all of them, that involves having poor vocabulary and wrong grammar.