1) Italian words and phrase
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A lingua franca (ˌlɪŋgwə ˈfraŋkə) also called a bridge language, or vehicular language, is a language systematically (as opposed to occasionally, or casually) used to make communication possible between persons not sharing a native language, in particular when it is a third language, distinct from both native languages. Lingua francas have ...
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• The commercial language of the Levant, -- a mixture of the languages of the people of the region and of foreign traders. • Any hybrid or other language used over a wide area as a common or commercial tongue among peoples of different speech.
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language used as a means of communication between populations speaking vernaculars that are not mutually intelligible. The term was first used during ... [6 related articles]
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(Latin, 'Frankish Language') Any language that gains international currency as a language of trade o
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Lin'gua Fran'ca (lĭn'gwȧ frăn'kȧ). [ Italian , prop., language of the Franks.] The commercial language of the Levant, -- a mixture of the languages of the people of the region and of foreign traders.
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Lin'gua Fran'ca Any hybrid or other language used over a wide area as a common or commercial tongue among peoples of different speech.
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n] - a common language used by speakers of different languages
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lingua franca 1. Language of the Franks or a Frankish language.2. A common language consisting of Italian mixed with French, Spanish, Greek, Arabic, and Turkish; the mixed language used chiefly by merchants throughout the Mediterranean ports until the 18th century.3. Any hybrid or other language used over a wide area as a common mode of discourse b...
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interlanguage noun a common language used by speakers of different languages; `Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Ro...
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Any language that is used as a means of communication by groups who do not themselves normally speak that language; for example, English is a lingua franca used by Japanese doing business in Finland, or by Swedes in Saudi Arabia. The term comes from the mixture of French, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Turkish, and Arabic that was spoken around the M...
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