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LINGUA FRANCA [2 records]

Record 1 1981-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Regional Dialects and Expressions
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

any of various hybrid or other languages that are used over a wide area as common or commercial tongue among peoples of diverse speech (as Hindustani, Swhahili).

OBS

According to WEBIN, 1976, 1316, lingua franca has both latin and regular English plural forms, i.e. "linguae francae" and "lingua francas".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Régionalismes et usages particuliers
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

(...) "langue de relation" (c'est-à-dire langue utilisée habituellement entre elles par des personnes ayant des langues maternelles différentes; ainsi le souahéli en Afrique orientale, le malais en Indonésie, etc.).

Spanish

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Record 2 1981-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
  • Regional Dialects and Expressions
DEF

a hybrid language of Italian, Spanish, French, Greek, Arabic, and Turkish elements, spoken in certain Mediterranean ports.

OBS

According to WESEC, 1976, 823, "lingua franca" has both latin and regular English plural forms, i.e. "linguae francae" and "lingua francas".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
  • Régionalismes et usages particuliers
DEF

Sabir comprenant des éléments de différentes langues romanes, de grec, d'arabe et de turc, en usage jusqu'au XIXe s. dans les ports méditerranéens.

Spanish

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