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Record 1 2002-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Language (General)
  • Anthropology
DEF

Language which serves communication between members of different linguistic communities.

OBS

English is the vehicular language of civil aviation throughout most of the world.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Linguistique (Généralités)
  • Anthropologie
DEF

Langue servant d'instrument de communications entre les membres de différentes communautés linguistiques.

OBS

Dans un sens un peu plus restrictif, on appelle langue véhiculaire toute langue utilisée dans les relations commerciales ou autres, par des populations dont les idiomes respectifs ne permettent pas de se comprendre. L'anglais est [alors] la langue véhiculaire de l'aviation civile dans la majeure partie du monde; le français peut être considéré comme la langue véhiculaire dans la partie de l'Afrique dite francophone.

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