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- Widespread use may lead to the adoption of the lingua franca as mother tongue, which is an example of language shift, or to the reduction of inter ethnic bilingualism and eventual death of competing languages.
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Any language regularly used for communication between people who do not share a native language is a lingua franca. Lingua franca is a functional term, independent of any linguistic history or language structure.
Jun 15, 2020 · A lingua franca is a language that you consciously learn because you need to, because you want to. A mother tongue is a language that you learn because you can't help it. The reason English is spreading around the world at the moment is because of its utility as a lingua franca.
- Richard Nordquist
Lingua franca, language used as a means of communication between populations speaking vernaculars that are not mutually intelligible. The term was first used during the Middle Ages to describe a French- and Italian-based jargon, or pidgin, that was developed by Crusaders and traders in the eastern
Jun 20, 2017 · A lingua franca is a common language used in international communication. English is the world's lingua franca today, but how did it get to be that way?
After Singapore's independence in 1965, there was a general language shift in the country's interracial lingua franca from Malay to English, which was chosen as the first language for the country. Among the Chinese community in Singapore, there was a language shift from the various dialects of Chinese to English and Mandarin Chinese.
Dec 20, 2023 · A lingua franca is a language that helps people who speak different languages understand each other. They're like magic keys that open doors of communication that would otherwise remain shut! There are many lingua francas, and just as many ways that a language becomes one.
May 29, 2014 · Language shift is a social phenomenon, whereby one language replaces another in a given (continuing) society. It is due to underlying changes in the composition and aspirations of the society, which goes from speaking the old to the new language.
