A common language used by speakers of different languages.
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Examples for "lingua franca"
Examples for "lingua franca"
1He speaks the language of Mota, the lingua franca here, you know.
2LANGUAGES: The official language is Portuguese but Portuguese-based creole is the lingua franca.
3Arabic was, for a time, the lingua franca of science.
4They are very much the lingua franca of evidence-based medicine.
5The last word was spoken in the lingua franca, and instantly obeyed by the physician.
1But as we were then leaving Koine, and were not yet melted with the grief of absence, I had the courage to resist their demand.