Search results for "Lingua franca" - New World Encyclopedia
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- to other Indian groups. Their language became a lingua franca among numerous tribes, which along with their experience helped make them leaders in initiating ...25 KB (3,777 words) - 13:23, 27 January 2023
- only 1-2 percent of the population speak it; the lingua franca is Solomons Pijin. Solomon Islanders are primarily Christian (mostly Anglican, ...21 KB (3,040 words) - 15:10, 27 April 2023
- is Belizean Creole or Kriol. Kriol is the lingua franca in much of the country and is spoken by nearly everyone in Belize as either a first or second ...24 KB (3,475 words) - 08:53, 27 September 2023
- to use the Old Greek texts since Greek was the lingua franca of the Roman Empire at the time and the language of the Church, and because the Church ...32 KB (4,408 words) - 19:48, 21 April 2023
- with the country's largest lingua franca, New Guinea Pidgin. However, there are pockets of Anglicans elsewhere in the country including ...28 KB (4,558 words) - 07:25, 17 November 2023
- men also speak French and Lingala, the main lingua franca of central Africa. Daiji Kimura, Utterance Overlap and Long Silence Among the Baka Pygmies: ...27 KB (4,197 words) - 20:58, 14 April 2023
- official language is English, which is also the lingua franca along much of the Caribbean coast. Many of the Native tribes speak only their native tongue ...32 KB (4,189 words) - 17:46, 11 May 2023
- together. Common laws, common values and a Lingua franca--usually the language of the colonial power--lead people to see themselves as members of the ...29 KB (4,328 words) - 06:49, 25 July 2023
- But Grenadian Creole is considered the lingua franca of the island. French patois (Antillean Creole) is still spoken by about 10-20 percent ...26 KB (3,667 words) - 18:33, 31 January 2023
- The Principality of Monaco, more commonly known as Monaco, is a sovereign and independent state in Western Europe located along the French Riviera ...28 KB (4,097 words) - 23:17, 28 March 2024
- Province, while Melanesian Pidgin serves as the lingua franca. Many of the islands, as well as the northern and eastern coasts have communities of speakers ...29 KB (4,293 words) - 09:18, 11 March 2023
- French, English, and other languages—is the lingua franca of Lomé, of the coastal zone, and of commerce in general. About 60 percent of the ...26 KB (3,713 words) - 03:53, 1 May 2023
- Suriname, but Sranan Tongo serves as the lingua franca. Initially the native speech of the Creoles, Sranan Tongo is an English language-based creole language ...30 KB (4,282 words) - 12:07, 17 April 2024
- With Cultural Studies,"] Lingua Franca, May 1996. Retrieved February 14, 2022. In 1999, Sokal, with coauthor Jean Bricmont published the ...34 KB (4,832 words) - 00:18, 16 February 2022
- letters--usually composed in Akkadian, the lingua franca of the day--indicates that the royal family of Mitanni was by then speaking Hurrian as well. ...37 KB (5,773 words) - 19:19, 9 November 2022
- language group. French, once the lingua franca of Indochina and still spoken by some, mostly older Cambodians as a second language, remains the ...32 KB (4,636 words) - 18:49, 25 November 2023
- Malay, a lingua franca throughout the region, became Malaysia's sole national language in 1967. English is widely spoken because it was ...33 KB (4,723 words) - 14:30, 29 March 2024
- while, especially in Dakar, Wolof is the lingua franca. Pulaar is spoken by the Peuls and Toucouleur. Portuguese Creole is a prominent minority language ...33 KB (4,780 words) - 14:52, 4 April 2024
- orator Cicero (106 – 43 B.C.E.). It was the lingua franca among literate Europeans until quite recent times, and the great works of Descartes (1596 ...35 KB (5,051 words) - 18:29, 28 February 2023
- Nepali represents the lingua franca of Sikkim. Most people speak and understand English and Hindi in Sikkim. Other languages spoken in Sikkim ...35 KB (5,094 words) - 20:10, 21 April 2023
