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*[[Lingua franca]]

...in the 1870s and 1880s. Zamenhof envisaged Esperanto as an artificial ''[[lingua franca]]'' that would facilitate easier global [[communication]].

*[[Lingua franca]]

...nding the [[Mediterranean Sea]], Latin became the standard language or ''[[lingua franca]]'' of the civilized world. After the fall of the Roman Empire, Latin was p

...lia]], [[New Zealand]], and [[South Africa]]. It is also the most used ''[[lingua franca]]'' in international business, education and diplomacy, and is widely taugh ...l]] importance over the centuries, so the language became an essential ''[[lingua franca]]'' - to do [[business]] other peoples inside and outside the [[British Emp

* ''The Last Lingua Franca'', Nicholas Ostler, Allen Lane, 2010, pages 147-59

...a study is mandatory in all schools in Bhutan, and the language is the ''[[lingua franca]]'' in the districts to the south and east where it is not the mother tong

...country. Many other Chinese learn the language at school, making it the [[lingua franca]] of the Chinese-speaking world, and increasingly people from much further

...the intellectual descendants of James Madison can no longer be ignored.” ''Lingua Franca''

*[[Lingua franca]]

...age, although there is a Dari-speaking minority. Dari is, however, the ''[[lingua franca]]'' of Afghanistan. Many Pashtuns of Balochistan speak Brahui, a Dravidian

...is something every German citizen soon learns as a child. It also is a ''lingua franca'' in much of Europe. Its speakers represent their nation as full participa

*[[Lingua franca]]

...guage of learning and the church in the Middle Ages and also served as a ''lingua franca'' in international diplomacy and trade. It is certain that many words of co

A [[lingua franca]] in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries, its international role then dec

...pread adoption of ''eXtensible Markup Language'' ([[XML]]) as a kind of [[lingua franca]] for transferring information between computers. XML is a standardized wa

...m Language (Mathematica), scientists were discovering a cross-disciplinary lingua franca they could all develop in common.

...rcial position of Athens. Attic formed the basis of a ''[[koiné]]'' or ''[[lingua franca]]'', that is, a mixture of several dialects to facilitate communication bet

...dily than they would understand each other's. One can argue that such a [[lingua franca]], if needed, will evolve by itself, but the desire to formulate and define