Noun
lingua francas (plural: lingua francas or linguae francae)
- a language used by people of diverse speech to communicate with one another, often a basic form of speech with simplified grammar.
Latin
Phrase
- Frankish language
- a common language spoken in Mediterranean ports in centuries past (consisting of Italian mixed with French, Spanish, Arabic and some Greek words and used by sailors of different countries to communicate with one another).
- a language used by people of diverse speech to communicate with one another, often a basic form of speech with simplified grammar.
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