Lingua Franca

Definition of Lingua Franca

Lin´gua Fran´ca Pronunciation: lĭņ´gwå frăņ´kå

n.	1.	The commercial language of the Levant, - a mixture of the languages of the people of the region and of foreign traders.
	2.	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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interlanguage, koine, language, linguistic communication

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