LINGUA FRANCA

• (noun) 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 : interlanguage , koine

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