lingua franca English

Meaning lingua franca meaning

What does lingua franca mean?

lingua franca

— noun (= koine) 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

Synonyms lingua franca synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as lingua franca?

lingua franca English » English

interlanguage

koine

standard language

pidgin

common language