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