lingua franca (n)
interlanguage (n)
koine#1 (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 10
def a common language used by speakers of different languages
examples 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
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Hypernym language, linguistic communication
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Hyponym language, linguistic communication

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