lingua franca

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) A common language used by people of diverse backgrounds to communicate with one another, often a basic form of speech with simplified grammar, particularly, one that is not the first language of any of its speakers.

Usage notes

 * The most common plural form in English is ; however, the plural forms (following the Italian) and  (in the style of Latin) are both fairly common as well. Also attested, but quite rare, is the form  (treating  alone as the noun and taking  as an adjective; compare, ).

Translations

 * Afrikaans: lingua franca
 * Arabic: لُغَة تَوَاصُل مُشْتَرَك
 * Azerbaijani: ortaq dil
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 交際語, , 共同語言,
 * Danish: fællessprog, lingua franca
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Galician: lingua franca
 * Georgian: ლინგვა ფრანკა, საერთო სასაუბრო ენა, სალაპარაკო ენა, განსხვავებული ეროვნების ადამიანებისათვის საერთო სასაუბრო ენა
 * German: ,
 * Greek: as in Italian,
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: francbhéarla
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: リングワ・フランカ, ,
 * Korean: 공통어, 링구아 프랑카
 * Latin: lingua franca
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: fellesspråk
 * Nynorsk: fellesspråk
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: língua franca
 * Russian: ли́нгва-фра́нка, о́бщий язы́к, язык общения
 * Spanish: lengua vehicular, lengua franca,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: wikang kompromiso
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan: སྤྱི་སྐད
 * Turkish: ,
 * Vietnamese:

Noun

 * 1) the, a common language spoken in Mediterranean ports in centuries past (consisting of Italian mixed with French, Spanish, Arabic and some Greek words and used by sailors of different countries to communicate with one another)

Etymology
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