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Definition of Lingua franca
1. 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 Roman times"
Definition of Lingua franca
1. Noun. a common language used by people of diverse backgrounds to communicate with one another, often a basic form of speech with simplified grammar ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lingua Franca
Literary usage of Lingua franca
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Where Three Empires Meet: A Narrative of Recent Travel in Kashmir, Western by Edward Frederick Knight (1895)
"... XIV A REVOLUTION—NATIVE CHRISTIANS IN LEH—BAZAAR RUMOURS — COMMENCE MARCH
THROUGH BALTISTAN TO GILGIT—lingua franca —THE TRUCULENT AFGHAN—DEFILES OF THE ..."
2. Narrative of the Expedition to China, from the Commencement of the War to by John Elliot Bingham (1843)
"Good effects of discipline—lingua franca—Resources of Chusan—Its Vegetable
productions—Paddy- Manure —: Anecdote — Cotton —Bricks — Roads— Death of.Lieut. ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1831)
"lingua franca ; a corrupt Italian, mixed with other words, the dialect spoken
between me inhabitants of the coast of North Africa and the Levant and ..."
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