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Lingua franca

A lingua franca (/ˌlɪŋɡwə ˈfræŋkə/; lit. 'Frankish tongue or language'), also known as a bridge language, common language, trade language, auxiliary language, link language, or language of wider communication (LWC), is a language systematically used to make communication possible between groups of people who do not share a native language or dialect…

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Lingua franca

Nodes323
Edges322
Triples115
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006192
Components1

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related to Further reading · 30
Lingua franca → African Lingua Francas, Bernd, Brasil, BRILL, Cornell University Press, Creole Languages, Empires, Hall, Harper, Heine, Henry Romanos, Hucitec Press, ISBN, Jr, Julio Cezar, Kahane, Levant, London, Melatti, New York
related to Etymology · 22
Lingua franca → Arabic, Byzantine Empire, During, Franca, Frankish, Franks, Greek, In Lingua Franca, Italian, Levant, Mediterranean, Mediterranean Lingua Franca, Mediterranean Sea, Middle Ages, Phránkoi, Renaissance, Sabir, Slavic, Spanish, The
related to External links · 20
Lingua franca → An, April, Archived, Carlo Goldoni's L'Impresario, Diego, Encina, English, Francesco Bruni, Haedo, Internet, Italian, Juan, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Lingua, March, Mediterranean Lingua Franca, Mediterraneo, Sabir, Sample, Smyrna
related to Characteristics · 4
Lingua franca → Any, However, Lingua, Pidgins
related to Historical lingua francas · 4
Lingua franca → Akkadian, Aramaic, The, Western Asia
is a · 1
Lingua franca → functional term

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lingua language franca languages used english also official italian native century french countries many eastern asia use europe european spoken

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Lingua francais afunctional term0.90text
French are used to facilitate intercommunication in large-scale trade or political mattersinstance ofpre-existing lingua francas0.80text
while pidginsinstance ofpre-existing lingua francas0.80text
creoles often arise out of colonial situationsinstance ofpre-existing lingua francas0.80text
a specific need for communication between colonistsinstance ofpre-existing lingua francas0.80text
indigenous peoplesinstance ofpre-existing lingua francas0.80text
Esperanto have not had a great degree of adoptioninstance ofinternational auxiliary languages0.80text
so they are not described as lingua francasinstance ofinternational auxiliary languages0.80text
The Americasinstance ofThis transition in meaning has been attributed to the idea that pidgin languages only became widely known from the 16th century on due to European colonization of continents0.80text
Africainstance ofThis transition in meaning has been attributed to the idea that pidgin languages only became widely known from the 16th century on due to European colonization of continents0.80text
and Asiainstance ofThis transition in meaning has been attributed to the idea that pidgin languages only became widely known from the 16th century on due to European colonization of continents0.80text
the Native Schools Act 1867 contributed to the demise of Māori language as a lingua francainstance ofDiscriminatory laws0.80text

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