non-native
adjective/ˌnɒn ˈneɪtɪv/
/ˌnɑːn ˈneɪtɪv/
- (of animals, plants, etc.) not existing naturally in a place but coming from somewhere else
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- a non-native speaker of a language is one who has not spoken it from the time they first learnt to talk opposite native
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