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What (who) is lingua franca - definition


Lingua franca         
  • Regions where English is official or widely spoken, but not as a primary native language}}
  • [[Koine Greek]]
  • Areas (red) where Hindustani (Delhlavi or [[Kauravi]]) is the native language, and the much wider area of the Indo-Aryan language group (gray), where it is lingua franca
  • Spanish-based creole languages spoken.}}
  • Areas where Russian is the majority language (medium blue) or a minority language (light blue)
  • <small>German (or a variety of German) is spoken by a sizable minority, but has no legal recognition</small>}}
  • Geographic extent of Swahili. Dark green: native range. Medium green: official use. Light green: bilingual use but not official.
  • Countries where Malay is spoken
  • [[Portuguese-based creole languages]]}}
  • Areas with significant numbers of people whose first language is Persian (including dialects)
  • Rough territorial extent of Hand Talk (in purple) within the US and Canada
LANGUAGES USED TO FACILITATE TRADE BETWEEN GROUPS WITHOUT A COMMON NATIVE LANGUAGE
Lingua-franca; Lingue franchi; Common tongue; Linguas francas; Lingua francae; Linguae francae; Lingue franche; Diplomatic language; Vehicular language; Trade language; Common (language); Linqua franca; Linga franca; Langua franca; Lingua Franca; Common language; Common Language; Bridge language; Trade jargon; Lingua francas; Language of wider communication; Language of trade; Linguafranca; Link language; Lingua franka; Trade languages
A lingua franca (; ; for plurals see ), also known as a bridge language, common language, trade language, auxiliary language, vehicular language, or link language, is a language or dialect systematically used to make communication possible between groups of people who do not share a native language or dialect, particularly when it is a third language that is distinct from both of the speakers' native languages.Viacheslav A.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingua_franca
lingua franca         
  • Regions where English is official or widely spoken, but not as a primary native language}}
  • [[Koine Greek]]
  • Areas (red) where Hindustani (Delhlavi or [[Kauravi]]) is the native language, and the much wider area of the Indo-Aryan language group (gray), where it is lingua franca
  • Spanish-based creole languages spoken.}}
  • Areas where Russian is the majority language (medium blue) or a minority language (light blue)
  • <small>German (or a variety of German) is spoken by a sizable minority, but has no legal recognition</small>}}
  • Geographic extent of Swahili. Dark green: native range. Medium green: official use. Light green: bilingual use but not official.
  • Countries where Malay is spoken
  • [[Portuguese-based creole languages]]}}
  • Areas with significant numbers of people whose first language is Persian (including dialects)
  • Rough territorial extent of Hand Talk (in purple) within the US and Canada
LANGUAGES USED TO FACILITATE TRADE BETWEEN GROUPS WITHOUT A COMMON NATIVE LANGUAGE
Lingua-franca; Lingue franchi; Common tongue; Linguas francas; Lingua francae; Linguae francae; Lingue franche; Diplomatic language; Vehicular language; Trade language; Common (language); Linqua franca; Linga franca; Langua franca; Lingua Franca; Common language; Common Language; Bridge language; Trade jargon; Lingua francas; Language of wider communication; Language of trade; Linguafranca; Link language; Lingua franka; Trade languages
[?l??gw?'fra?k?]
¦ noun (plural lingua francas)
1. a language used as a common language between speakers whose native languages are different.
2. historical a mixture of Italian with French, Greek, Arabic, and Spanish, formerly used in the eastern Mediterranean.
Origin
C17: from Ital., lit. 'Frankish tongue'.
lingua franca         
  • Regions where English is official or widely spoken, but not as a primary native language}}
  • [[Koine Greek]]
  • Areas (red) where Hindustani (Delhlavi or [[Kauravi]]) is the native language, and the much wider area of the Indo-Aryan language group (gray), where it is lingua franca
  • Spanish-based creole languages spoken.}}
  • Areas where Russian is the majority language (medium blue) or a minority language (light blue)
  • <small>German (or a variety of German) is spoken by a sizable minority, but has no legal recognition</small>}}
  • Geographic extent of Swahili. Dark green: native range. Medium green: official use. Light green: bilingual use but not official.
  • Countries where Malay is spoken
  • [[Portuguese-based creole languages]]}}
  • Areas with significant numbers of people whose first language is Persian (including dialects)
  • Rough territorial extent of Hand Talk (in purple) within the US and Canada
LANGUAGES USED TO FACILITATE TRADE BETWEEN GROUPS WITHOUT A COMMON NATIVE LANGUAGE
Lingua-franca; Lingue franchi; Common tongue; Linguas francas; Lingua francae; Linguae francae; Lingue franche; Diplomatic language; Vehicular language; Trade language; Common (language); Linqua franca; Linga franca; Langua franca; Lingua Franca; Common language; Common Language; Bridge language; Trade jargon; Lingua francas; Language of wider communication; Language of trade; Linguafranca; Link language; Lingua franka; Trade languages
A lingua franca is a language or way of communicating which is used between people who do not speak one another's native language. (FORMAL)
English is rapidly becoming the lingua franca of Asia.
N-SING
Examples of use of lingua franca
1. Its department lacks sufficient knowledge of English, the current lingua franca of international business.
2. On the Indian sub–continent it is a fast–developing lingua franca.
3. "Whereas in the earlier years the lingua franca was English, today it is Hebrew.
4. English is also the lingua franca at Thales and EADS – the French government has stakes in both defence groups.
5. It seems that this "enrichment" word has become the sort of lingua franca of our time and day.
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