A lingua franca (/ˌlɪŋɡwə ˈfræŋkə/; lit. 'Frankish tongue'; for plurals see § Usage notes), also known as a bridge language, common language, trade language...
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The Mediterranean Lingua Franca, or Sabir, was a contact language, or languages, that were used as a lingua franca in the Mediterranean Basin from the...
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This is a list of lingua francas. A lingua franca is a language systematically used to make communication possible between people not sharing a first...
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English as a lingua franca (ELF) is the use of the English language "as a global means of inter-community communication" and can be understood as "any...
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Lingua Franca Nova (pronounced [ˈliŋgwa ˈfraŋka ˈnova]), abbreviated as LFN and known colloquially as Elefen, is a constructed international auxiliary...
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Lingua Franca was an American magazine about intellectual and literary life in academia. The magazine was founded in 1990 by Jeffrey Kittay, an editor...
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Lingua Franca is a 2019 Philippine-American drama film edited, written, produced, and directed by Filipina filmmaker-actress Isabel Sandoval. It is Sandoval's...
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Look up Lingua Franca or lingua franca in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A lingua franca is a language used for communication between speakers of different...
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Italian language (redirect from Lingua italiana)
Italian is the main working language of the Holy See, serving as the lingua franca (common language) in the Roman Catholic hierarchy as well as the official...
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its study. They translated the term Guānhuà into European languages as língua mandarim (Portuguese) and la lengua mandarina (Spanish), meaning the language...
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