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    2. Arapaho proper 3. Gros Ventre (†) 4. Cheyenne Central 5. Cree–Innu–Naskapi 6. Menominee (severely endangered) Ojibwe–Potawatomi 7. Ojibwe 8. Potawatomi...
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    Potawatomi dialects." Several different Ojibwe dialects have functioned as a lingua franca or trade language in the circum-Great Lakes area, particularly in...
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    Southeast Asia. ASL is also widely learned as a second language, serving as a lingua franca. ASL is most closely related to French Sign Language (LSF). It has...
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  • *s with *š, which remain distinct in the coastal dialects. Neighbouring Naskapi has both.[clarification needed] In East Cree there are thirteen consonants:...
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    Inuit Pidgin) Lingua Franca Apalachee Lingua Franca Creek Lingua Geral Amazônica (also known as Nheengatú, Lingua Boa, Lingua Brasílica, Lingua Geral do Norte)...
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    with the exception of Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun, and the Cree varieties Naskapi, Atikamekw, East Cree, and Plains Cree. Prior to colonization, multilingualism...
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    French language (category Lingua francas)
    which French became so dominant in the Mediterranean Sea that became a lingua franca ("Frankish language"), and because of increased contact with the...
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    identity and solidarity. These dialects are observed to have developed a lingua franca due to the contact between English and Indigenous populations, and...
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  • including Yiddish, Ladino, and Judeo-Arabic. In addition, English serves as the lingua franca of Israel. Though many Jewish languages are not genetically related...
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  • Eung-Do (November 1993). "Chilcotin Flattening and Autosegmental Phonology". Lingua. 91 (2–3): 149–174. doi:10.1016/0024-3841(93)90011-K. Cook, Eung-Do; Rice...
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    States and northern Mexico. This sign language was used historically as a lingua franca, notably for trading among tribes; it is still used for story-telling...
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  • Lisse: Peter de Ridder. Nater, Hank F. (1979). "Bella Coola Phonology". Lingua. 49 (2–3): 169–187. doi:10.1016/0024-3841(79)90022-6. Nater, Hank F. (1984)...
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    categories noun-verb and transitive-intransitive in English and Squamish, Lingua 21: 610–626. Kuipers, Aert H. (1969). The Squamish Language. Part II. The...
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  • in its vocabulary. There is some evidence for a Chinookan-Nuu-chah-nulth lingua franca in the writings of John Jewitt and in what is known as the Barclay...
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    ISBN 0-415-20297-3. Harvey, Christopher (February 22, 2008). "Onödowága – Seneca". The LinguaSphere Online. Retrieved June 27, 2008. Holmer 1952, p. 217. Chafe 1960,...
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