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Meanings of lingua franca in English

Russian
лингва-франка
Portuguese
língua franca
Spanish
lingua franca
Catalan
lingua franca
Wikidata

Languages used to facilitate trade between groups without a common native language.

лингва-франка
Portuguese
lingua franca
Catalan
lingua franca

A common language used by speakers of different languages.

lingua franca
Synonyms
Examples for "bridge language"
Examples for "bridge language"
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Pictures can bridge language gaps.
Reuters
2
The album is a rare and refreshing demonstration that music's ability to bridge language and cultures is more than a cliche.
Reuters
1
Extra classes were set up for children who shared no common language.
Radio NZ
2
The two jackrabbits said something in the common language, quickly and tensely.
Stars rain down
3
In the absence of a common language, translation soaks up precious time.
The Guardian
4
Chamorro is the common language of Saipan, but they all speak English.
The new yorker
5
Tsata, speaking Saramyrrhic, the only common language the three survivors had left.
The skein of lament
Usage of lingua franca in English
1
He speaks the language of Mota, the lingua franca here, you know.
Life of John Coleridge Patteson : Missionary Bishop of the Melan...
2
LANGUAGES: The official language is Portuguese but Portuguese-based creole is the lingua franca.
Reuters
3
Arabic was, for a time, the lingua franca of science.
Death by black hole: and other cosmic quandaries
4
They are very much the lingua franca of evidence-based medicine.
The Irish Times
5
The last word was spoken in the lingua franca, and instantly obeyed by the physician.
The Talisman
6
Why are their dialects not the lingua franca of an entire generation of young people?
The Guardian
7
It is the lingua franca of Northern Ireland conversations.
The Irish Times
8
She will come! he cried in the Frankish jargon-thelingua franca of the African littoral.
The Sea-Hawk
9
From the perspective of its use as a global lingua franca, she has got a point.
The Guardian
10
And despite Mandarin being the lingua franca, there are more than 200 dialects spoken across China.
The Guardian
11
In excellent Federation lingua franca it addressed its audience in a tone that was unapologetically severe.
Star trek movie tie-in
12
The approach cannot be cloaked in convenient contemporary lingua franca that dilutes the message or the campaign.
Jamaica Observer
13
The lingua franca of ballet echoes across the empty rows of the State Kremlin Palace's cavernous auditorium.
The Irish Times
14
Once the lingua franca around the negotiating tables in Brussels and Strasbourg, French has given way to English.
BBC
15
The scroll was in French, although their intercourse had hitherto been conducted by Richard in the lingua franca.
The Talisman
16
The Naga speak dozens of languages and many of those in Myanmar use Burmese as a lingua franca.
Reuters
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