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a common language used by speakers of different languages
Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman times
How To Use lingua franca In A Sentence
- Whatever audience they target, they speak a lingua franca of anti-white, anti-Semitic, anti-American hatred-all in the name of Allah. Pat Dollard | Young Americans
- Arabic became the new lingua franca and Islam quickly replaced Zoroastrianism; mosques were built, and many Persians intermarried with Arabs.
- By contrast, a Portuguese-speaking whaler in search of provisions among Inupiaq Eskimos on the northern coast of what is now Alaska was more likely, one hundred twenty years ago, to use a hodgepodge lingua franca employing Inupiaq and some Portuguese words, but also English and even Hawaiian—tongues of those who had previous contact with speakers of Inupiaq. The English Is Coming!
- According to the monogenetic theory, Papiamentu originated from a single Afro-Portuguese proto-Creole, that developed as a lingua franca in western Africa.
- Chinook Jargon:a pidgin language combining words from Nootka, Chinook, Salishan languages, French, and English, formerly used as a lingua franca in the Pacific Northwest.
- Instead they will rely on printing out letters rather than connecting them, typing on a computer keyboard -- and, of course, the thumby texting that is now our lingua franca. Michael Conniff: Aspen High Dis Cursive
- Mr. Maazel spoke only a few words here and there, often using the Italian lingua franca of classical musicians – staccatissimo, piu allegro, marcato. The N.Y. Philharmonic in Pyongyang
- Instead they will rely on printing out letters rather than connecting them, typing on a computer keyboard--and, of course, the thumby texting that is now our lingua franca. Michael Conniff: Aspen High Dis Cursive
- Languages: Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Siraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, Pashtu 8%, Urdu (official) 8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%, English (official; lingua franca of Pakistani elite and most government ministries), Burushaski and other 8% Pakistan
- It was going to be the lingua franca for the next thirty years or more. T2®: THE FUTURE WAR