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Lingua franca
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A lingua franca, also known as a bridge language, common language, trade language, auxiliary language, link language, or language of wider communication, is a language systematically used to make comm
French dictionary printed in 1830 detailing the Mediterranean Lingua Franca
French dictionary printed in 1830 detailing the Mediterranean Lingua Franca
Extent of Middle Low German in red with its use as a literary language black lines tilted right
Extent of Middle Low German in red with its use as a literary language black lines tilted right
English language
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English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family that emerged in early medieval England and has since become a global lingua franca. The language is named after the Angles, one
Lingua franca
…community, a lingua franca is used beyond the boundaries of its original community, for trade, religious, political, or academic reasons. For example, English is a vernacular in the United Kingdom but it is used as a lingua franca in the Philippines, alongside Filipino. Likewise, Arabic, French, Standard…
Manuscript (written in uncial script) of Beowulf, an epic poem composed in Old English between 975 and 1025.The poem begins: Hƿæt ƿē Gārde / na ingēar
Manuscript (written in uncial script) of Beowulf, an epic poem composed in Old English between 975 and 1025.The poem begins: Hƿæt ƿē Gārde / na ingēar dagum þēod cyninga / þrym ge frunon ... [Listen! We have heard of the glory in bygone days of the folk-kings of the spear-Danes ...]