Mediterranean Lingua Franca
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See also: Mediterranean lingua franca
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the addition of Mediterranean to distinguish the particular sense of Lingua Franca from generic uses of the term.
Proper noun
- (historical) Sabir, the pidgin Italian-based lingua franca spoken along the Mediterranean to facilitate trade from the 11th to the 19th centuries.[1][2]
- 2008, Jean-Benoit Nadeau et al., The Story of French, section 34:
- The Mediterranean lingua franca never evolved into anyone's mother tongue, which is why there are very few written traces of it.
Usage notes
Typically preceded by "the".
Synonyms
References
- ^ “Lingua franca del Mediterraneo or sabir (in Italian), article of Francesco Bruni”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), 2013 August 20 (last accessed), archived from the original on 28 March 2009
- ^ “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), 2013 August 20 (last accessed), archived from the original on 25 March 2012