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noun

Lingua Franca n.

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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Lingua Franca" Quotes from Famous Books

... in that queer language of the North African seaboard, that lingua franca, which sounded like some French dialect interspersed with Arabic words. But Sir Oliver made out his meaning almost by intuition. He answered him in Spanish again, since although the Moor did not appear to speak it yet it ...

— The Sea-Hawk • Raphael Sabatini

Words linked to "Lingua Franca" : interlanguage, linguistic communication, language, koine