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Categories: Interlinguistics, All articles with self-published sources, Italian words and phrases, Lingua francas, Sociolinguistics
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lingua franca  interlanguage  koine  Lingua-Franca  bridge language
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A common language used by speakers of different languages WordNet 3.0
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A common language used by speakers of different languages WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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 or dialect, particularly when it is a third language that is distinct from both of the speakers' native languages. Wikipedia
An interlanguage is an idiolect which has been developed by a learner of a second language which preserves some features of their first language and can overgeneralize some L2 writing and speaking rules. Wikipedia
Language used for communication between speakers of different languages. Wikipedia Disambiguation
An idiolect that has been developed by a learner of a second language Wikipedia Disambiguation
Emerging language system in the mind of a second language learner. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Languages used to facilitate trade between groups without a common native language Wikidata
Idiolect used by a second language learner Wikidata
A common language used by speakers of different languages. OmegaWiki
An extinct language of Tunisia. OmegaWiki
A lingua franca, a common language used by speakers of different languages. Wiktionary
A common language used by people of diverse backgrounds to communicate with one another, often a basic form of speech with simplified grammar, particularly, one not the first language of any of its speakers. Wiktionary
Common language. Wiktionary (translation)
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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 WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Latin used to be the European interlanguage. Currently English widely serves this purpose. Wiktionary