Definitions from Wiktionary (Lingua Franca)

▸ noun:  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 that is not the first language of any of its speakers.
▸ noun:  (historical, archaic) Sabir, the Italian-based pidgin that served as a common language of Mediterranean trade around the 11th-19th centuries.
▸ Also see lingua_franca


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