A lingua franca (/ˌlɪŋɡwə ˈfræŋkə/; lit. 'Frankish tongue'; for plurals see § Usage notes), also known as a bridge language, common language, trade language...

Italian (italiano, pronounced [itaˈljaːno] or lingua italiana [ˈliŋɡwa itaˈljaːna]) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved...

Latin (lingua Latina, pronounced [ˈlɪŋɡʷa ɫaˈtiːna], or Latinum [ɫaˈtiːnʊ̃]) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European...

the use of Standard Chinese, which is the primary lingua franca of more recent Chinese immigrants, is rapidly increasing. While Standard Chinese was...

Portuguese (endonym: português or, in full, língua portuguesa) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the...

This is a list of lingua francas. A lingua franca is a language systematically used to make communication possible between people not sharing a first language...

English as a lingua franca (ELF) is the use of the English language "as a global means of inter-community communication" and can be understood as "any...

Langone, Angela D.; Mion, Giuliano (2010), Corso di Arabo Contemporaneo. Lingua Standard (in Italian), Milan: Hoepli, ISBN 978-88-203-4552-5 Gregersen, Edgar...

Langone, Angela D.; Mion, Giuliano (2010), Corso di Arabo Contemporaneo. Lingua Standard (in Italian), Milan: Hoepli, ISBN 978-88-203-4552-5 Gregersen, Edgar...

its publications were standard-setting. Monolingual Alberto Accarisio: Vocabolario et grammatica con l'orthographia della lingua volgare, 1543 Francesco...

script. It is the official language of India alongside English and the lingua franca of North India. Hindi is considered a Sanskritised register of the...

internets to function. As the Internet became global, Internet Standards became the lingua franca of worldwide communications. Engineering contributions...

to standard Malay that they may prove to be dialects. There are also several Malay trade and creole languages (e.g. Ambonese Malay) based on a lingua franca...

spoke of a "Hochromanisch" (in reference to Hochdeutsch, the standard variety of German). Lingua Romana is an artistic language which the German poet Stefan...

sarda, Logudorese: [ˈlimba ˈzaɾda] Sardinian: [ˈlimba ˈzaɾða] (Nuorese), or lìngua sarda, Campidanese: [ˈliŋɡwa ˈzaɾda]) is a Romance language spoken by the...

implicitly seen as standard. It is certainly also commonly used in connection with the acquisition, use, and study of English as the world's lingua franca ('TEIL:...

population and where English has become the lingua franca of commerce, media, and education. Content in Modern Standard Arabic is also under-represented online...

constructed language. The concept is related to but separate from the idea of a lingua franca (or dominant language) that people must use to communicate. The study...

language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan, where it is also an official language alongside English...

Corsican (endonym: corsu [ˈkorsu]; full name: lingua corsa [ˈliŋɡwa ˈɡorsa]) is a Romance language consisting of the continuum of the Italo-Dalmatian dialects...

listing". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2013-12-31. "ITIS Standard Report Page: Agelena lingua". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-12-31...

Macau, as well as in overseas communities. In mainland China, it is the lingua franca of the Chinese province of Guangdong (being the majority language...

linguistic purism, especially in formal and literary contexts. Tamil was the lingua franca for early maritime traders, with inscriptions found in places like...

national language (Wikang pambansa / Pambansang wika) of the Philippines, lingua franca (Karaniwang wika), and one of the two official languages (Wikang...

Written vernacular Chinese, the standard for written Chinese Mandarin (late imperial lingua franca), the spoken standard of the Ming and Qing dynasties...

provide a Croatian literary standard began on the basis of the Neo-Shtokavian dialect that served as a supraregional lingua franca – pushing back regional...

of Portuguese Language Countries (Portuguese: Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa; abbr. : CPLP), also known as the Lusophone Community (Portuguese:...

"Storia della lingua". Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana. Retrieved 10 October 2015. Curzan, Anne (2002). "Teaching the Politics of Standard English"....

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, and is still commonly used as a lingua franca in Ukraine, Moldova, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and to a lesser...

the northern region of Italy around Trento) – "[...] [la lingua] italiana [...] è la lingua ufficiale dello Stato." (Statuto Speciale per il Trentino-Alto...