lingua

Example Sentences

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Her experience is familiar among many Moroccan families as people left Amazigh-speaking rural regions over recent decades for bigger cities where the local dialect of Arabic is the lingua franca.

From Reuters

Despite English and Pidgin being the lingua franca in the ethnically diverse city of Lagos, education ministry spokesperson Ben Goong confirmed to the BBC that Yoruba would be the language of instruction in the metropolis.

From BBC

Unlike other internationally successful Congolese performers, Ms. Muana sang most of her songs in Tshiluba, the native language of her Kasai tribe, rather than in French or Lingala, the Congolese lingua franca.

From New York Times

TikTok has identified sped-up as one of four production tweaks that have become the lingua franca of the app, alongside slowed down, bass boosted and lo-fi, each with its own “mood.”

From New York Times

In rural areas, for example, not everyone can speak lingua francas like English or Pidgin.

From BBC