/ˌlɪŋɡwə ˈfræŋkə/
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‘bridge language‘
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‘common language‘
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‘trade language‘
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‘vehicular language‘
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*a lingua franca is a [‘language’ / ‘dialect’] systematically (as opposed to ‘occasionally’ / ‘casually’) used to make communication possible between people who do not share a [native ‘language’ / ‘dialect’], particularly when it is a ‘3rd language’ that is distinct from both ‘native languages’*
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(“lingua francas” have developed around the world throughout human history,
sometimes for commercial reasons (so-called “trade languages”)
but also for [cultural, religious, diplomatic and administrative[ convenience, and as a means of exchanging information between scientists and other scholars of different ‘nationalities’
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*the term originates with 1 such language…*
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