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lingua franca

[frang-kuh] / ˈfræŋ kə /






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This entails programs to promote standard Chinese as the national lingua franca, instill pride in Chinese cultural heritage and exert stronger central control over regions with large ethnic-minority populations such as Tibet and Xinjiang.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 12, 2026

His Russian has improved in prison, where it is a lingua franca among the inmates.

From Barron's Jan. 30, 2026

Sport was the exception to the rule that all things American were the world’s cultural lingua franca.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2025

To mix languages, English is the lingua franca of F1.

From BBC Oct. 8, 2024

Except that English is its chief lingua franca and Newspeak its official language, it is not centralized in any way.

From "1984" by George Orwell




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