lingua franca

C985 concept

A lingua franca is a language systematically used to make communication possible between people who do not share a native language, often for trade, diplomacy, or other practical purposes.

Aliases (12)

English-based creole ×13
national language ×9
constructed language ×3
English-speaking world ×1
Senegambian language ×1
international auxiliary language ×1
language of the Republic of the Congo ×1
mixed language ×1
pidgin-turned-creole ×1
second-language English ×1
theatrical lingua franca ×1
trade language ×1

Instances (57)

Modern Standard Arabic
Koine Greek
Estonian language ("national language")
Pichi language ("English-based creole")
Anglosphere ("English-speaking world")
Indian English ("second-language English")
Indonesian ("national language")
Finnish language ("national language")
Swahili language
Esperanto ("constructed language")
Virgin Islands Creole English ("English-based creole")
Wolof ("Senegambian language")
Bambara
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Iyaric ("constructed language")
Italian language ("national language")
New Latin
Medieval Latin
Sranan Tongo
Japanese ("national language")
Tok Pisin ("English-based creole")
Kituba
Chinook Jargon ("trade language")
Lingala
Nigerian Pidgin ("English-based creole")
Llanito ("mixed language")
Pijin ("English-based creole")
Neo-Solomonic ("English-based creole")
Hiri Motu
Shauraseni Prakrit ("theatrical lingua franca")
Juba Arabic
Khmer ("national language")
Gallifreyan ("constructed language")
Solomon Islands Pijin ("English-based creole")
Standard Chinese
Burmese ("national language")
Bajan Creole ("English-based creole")
Luxembourgish ("national language")
Dzongkha ("national language")
Andaman Hindi
Belizean Creole ("English-based creole")
Equatoguinean Pidgin English ("English-based creole")
Guinean Pidgin English
Krio language ("English-based creole")
Fernando Po Krio ("English-based creole")
Cameroonian Pidgin English ("English-based creole")