Mediterranean Lingua Franca
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See also: Mediterranean lingua franca
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the addition of Mediterranean to distinguish the particular sense of Lingua Franca from generic uses of the term.
Proper noun
[edit]- (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
[edit]Typically preceded by "the".
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “Lingua franca del Mediterraneo or sabir (in Italian), article of Francesco Bruni”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 2013 August 20 (last accessed), archived from the original on 28 March 2009
- ^ “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[2], 2013 August 20 (last accessed), archived from the original on 25 March 2012