A lingua franca (/ˌlɪŋɡwə ˈfræŋkə/; lit. 'Frankish tongue'; for plurals see § Usage notes), also known as a bridge language, common language, trade language...

The Mediterranean Lingua Franca, or Sabir, was a contact language, or languages, that were used as a lingua franca in the Mediterranean Basin from the...

list of lingua francas. A lingua franca is a language systematically used to make communication possible between people not sharing a first language, in particular...

2021). The grammar of Lingua Franca Nova is inspired by the Romance creole languages. As most creole languages, Lingua Franca Nova has an extremely simplified...

English as a lingua franca (ELF) is the use of the English language "as a global means of inter-community communication" and can be understood as "any...

spoken vernacular and lingua franca, whereas Berber languages serve as vernaculars for significant portions of the country. The languages of prestige in Morocco...

Look up Lingua Franca or lingua franca in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A lingua franca is a language used for communication between speakers of different...

the primary language spoken in the Central African Republic and also the co-official language of the country. It is used as a lingua franca across the...

The languages of Austria include German, the official language and lingua franca; Austro-Bavarian, the main dialect outside Vorarlberg; Alemannic, the...

proffered by Congolese linguist Salikoko Mufwene is "languages spoken as vernaculars or as lingua francas outside their homelands and by populations other...