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Q: Is there a word that describes or denotes a type of conversation in which two speakers speak two different languages. In our country, Pakistan, there are approximately 75 languages, from which Urdu, Punjabi and Sindhi are common, excluding English. So today I found two women speaking two different languages. For example: Speaker 1 has Urdu as their mother tongue. Speaker 2 has Sindhi as their mother tongue. Speaker 1 and 2 spoke their own mother tongue, which are different (Urdu and Sindhi) but both can understand each other's language. I thought that this is known as 'intermingling conversation,' or a 'code switching.' In my opinion, we can't use such words because code-switching refers 'shifting completely to the other language for a word, a phrase or sentence, and then revert back to the base language.' Example sentences: They were in a bus and had [adjective] conversation. They were in a bus and had [noun or noun-phrase for such conversation]. I agree that the question (which is suspected as a duplicate one to this question) is really a duplicate, but its single answer still doesn't satisfy all. In that question, the phrase 'bilingual dialogue' was suggested, which I (and others may) think that this refers to the code switching as well, which I don't want here. Some words confuse the readers which sense do they mean. I would also love to quote the comment of @Lambie regarding the term 'bilingual' over here: 'Bilingual refers to one person. Not two people each of whom has a passive knowledge of the other's language but do not speak it well enough to use it actively.'.

A: In his book Talk in Two Languages, Joseph Gafaranga examines, among other things, the patterns of conversation within bilingual families. He calls the pattern described in the OP's question the parallel mode. Here is a screenshot from Google Books of the introduction to his discussion of the parallel mode pattern. So by Gafaranga's terminology the Urdu and Sindhi speakers were conducting a conversation in parallel (language) mode.
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Q: I am just wondering about the difference between: in contrast to and in contrast with.

A: In fact, they could be used interchangeably, however, 'in contrast with' is more common in UK English. Moreover, When we say 'contrast with', CONTRAST is behaving as a verb. Example: 'He likes to contrast his checkered jacket with plain pants' or 'his checkered jacket contrasts with his plain pants.' But when we say 'in contrast to', it is behaving as a noun. Example: 'His checkered jacket stands in contrast to his plain pants.' (As you can see, in this sentence 'stands' is the verb). (Testluv, GMAT Instructor, Beat the GMAT forum)
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Q: Suppose there is a long sentence like: This London hit show took America by storm, full of charm, humour and delightful songs that make it a perfect theatrical event for the entire family. And you want to cut it off after an arbitrary specified amount of characters like so: This London hit show took America by storm, full of charm, humour and delightful songs that make... What is the name for the missing text indicated by the three-dot ellipsis?.

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an omission or to omit a part of the sentence use an ellipsis Ellipsis (plural ellipses; from the Ancient Greek: , elleipsis, 'omission' or 'falling short') is a series of dots that usually indicates an intentional omission of a word, sentence, or whole section from a text without altering its original meaning. From the Wiki for Ellipsis
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