Lingua franca (disambiguation)
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Lingua Franca or lingua franca can mean:
- A lingua francaLingua francaA lingua franca is a language systematically used to make communication possible between people not sharing a mother tongue, in particular when it is a third language, distinct from both mother tongues.-Characteristics:"Lingua franca" is a functionally defined term, independent of the linguistic...
is a language used for communication between speakers of different languages - Mediterranean Lingua FrancaMediterranean Lingua FrancaThe Mediterranean Lingua Franca or Sabir was a pidgin language used as a lingua franca in the Mediterranean Basin from the 11th to the 19th century.-History:...
, also known as Sabir, such a language used around the Mediterranean from the 11th to 19th century - Lingua Franca (magazine), a periodical