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Related Terms:
interlanguage
link language
pidgin
mediterranean lingua franca
based
community language
italian
belizean kriol
songhai
late
sabir
trade
koine
mediterranean
contact language
served
chichewa
middle ages
early
afrihili
period
modern
Definitions:
Noun
lingua franca
interlanguage
koine
Definition: a common language used by speakers of different languages; "Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman times"
Definition: 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 not the first language of any of its speakers.