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Brush up on: Lingua franca.(Features)
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The Birmingham Post (England)
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July 10, 2002
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Literally: Frankish language. Now used to describe a common language used by speakers of whose native or first languages are different, the expression is originally from 17th century Italian.
Historically, the lingua franca was a m...
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