lingua franca languages - EAS

About 501,000 results
  1. See more
    See all on Wikipedia
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingua_franca

    A lingua franca , also known as a bridge language, common language, trade language, auxiliary language, vehicular language, or link language, is a language systematically used to make communication possible between groups of people who do not share a native language orSee more

    Any language regularly used for communication between people who do not share a native language is a lingua franca. Lingua franca is a functional term, independent of any linguistic history or language structure. See more

    The term "lingua franca" derives from Mediterranean Lingua Franca (also known as Sabir), the pidgin language that people around the Levant and the eastern Mediterranean Sea used as the main language of commerce and diplomacy from late See more

    Examples image

    The term is well established in its naturalization to English and so major dictionaries do not italicize it as a "foreign" term.
    Its plurals in English … See more

    Historical lingua francas
    The use of lingua francas has existed since antiquity.
    Akkadian (died out during Classical antiquity) … See more

    • Hall, R.A. Jr. (1966). Pidgin and Creole Languages. Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-0173-9.
    • Heine, Bernd (1970). Status and Use of African Lingua Francas. ISBN See more

    Wikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license
    Feedback
  2. Definition and Examples of a Lingua Franca - ThoughtCo

    https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-a-lingua-franca-1691237

    WebMay 17, 2009 · A lingua franca (pronounced LING-wa FRAN-ka) is a language or mixture of languages used as a medium of

    • Occupation: English And Rhetoric Professor
    • Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins
    What is lingua franca?
    See this and other topics on this result
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lingua_francas

    Akan can be regarded as the main lingua franca of Ghana, although mainly in the south.
    During apartheid, the South African government aimed to establish Afrikaans as the primary lingua franca in South Africa and South African-controlled South-West Africa (now Namibia), although English was also in common use. Since the end of apartheid, English has been widely adopted as the sole lingua franca even though it was replaced with a new language. Many institutions that h…

    • Estimated Reading Time: 9 mins
    • https://www.britannica.com/topic/lingua-franca

      WebModern lingua francas may or may not be officially designated as such: the United Nations employs six official languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian,

    • https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-is-a-lingua-franca.html
      • Lingua Franca has been used to link cultures throughout human history since antiquity. During the Roman Empire era, the lingua franca used across the empire was Koine Greek and Latin. The use of Aramaic as the lingua franca in Western Asia existed for several centuries and was used in several kingdoms and empires. In East Africa, coastal trade brou...
      See more on worldatlas.com
      • Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingua_Franca_Core

      WebThe Lingua Franca Core is a selection of pronunciation features of the English language recommended as a basis in teaching of English as a lingua franca. It was proposed by …

    • https://www.languageconnections.com/blog/how-the...

      WebHow the English Language Became the Global Lingua Franca. The English language didn’t seal its current status as the world’s common language until the late 1980s. Let’s …

    • https://blog.weareteacherfinder.com/blog/...

      WebJun 24, 2017 · Actually, the term lingua franca originates from a particular language that was used for communication around the Mediterranean area for around eight centuries. It was based on a simplified version of Italian, …

    • Lingua Franca Net – Discussions on Languages and Academia

      https://linguafrancanet.com

      WebLingua Franca Net is the place for you to meet scholars and create/share knowledge in the fields of Languages and Higher Education, dealing with multiple topics, including …

    • https://www.quora.com/What-is-a-language-that-was...

      WebAnswer (1 of 2): What do you understand by “lingua franca’’? Which lingua? Minority language? It is NOT FRENCH! Lingua franca - 1620s, from Italian, literally "Frankish …

    • Some results have been removed


    Results by Google, Bing, Duck, Youtube, HotaVN