Search results for "Lingua franca" - New World Encyclopedia
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- with Cultural Studies,"] Lingua Franca, June 5, 1996. Retrieved ... "Mystery Science Theater,"] Lingua Franca, July 1996. Retrieved ...26 KB (3,718 words) - 13:50, 2 February 2023
- The Akkadian language became the lingua franca for commerce and diplomacy ... The Akkadian language became the lingua franca of commerce and diplomacy ...13 KB (2,078 words) - 07:18, 16 June 2023
- not Sumerians. Semitic Akkadian became the lingua franca, the official language, of inscriptions in all Mesopotamia and of great influence far beyond. ...10 KB (1,482 words) - 02:26, 21 April 2023
- language of the Theravada, and as a lingua franca in the exchange of ideas, texts, and scholars between Sri Lanka and the Theravada countries ...14 KB (1,973 words) - 17:39, 30 April 2020
- more widespread dialect that forms a lingua franca in central and southeast ... Kaimeer, where Keiese is used as a lingua franca. Bandanese is spoken ...21 KB (3,241 words) - 06:40, 5 November 2022
- trade on the West African coast. The lingua franca of the colony was Krio ... 90 percent of the population and is the lingua franca of the city. English ...24 KB (3,436 words) - 21:04, 27 November 2023
- Gospels were originally written in Greek, the lingua franca of the Roman Orient. On the strength of an early commentator it has been suggested that Matthew ...17 KB (2,705 words) - 18:26, 26 December 2022
- or French, and English spoken as lingua franca. The second largest is the Dravidian family, accounting for some 200 million speakers. Minor linguistic ...30 KB (4,092 words) - 06:53, 4 March 2023
- Urdu is the lingua franca of Pakistan and is absorbing many words ... of native speakers, Urdu is the lingua franca and is expected to prevail. ...53 KB (7,869 words) - 13:44, 3 May 2023
- promoted the adoption of Urdu as the lingua franca of all Indian Muslims ... . Sir Side perceived Urdu as the lingua franca of Muslims. Having been ...32 KB (4,963 words) - 00:57, 21 April 2023
- fostered the intellectual written language (lingua franca) for Eastern Europe, known as Church Slavonic. Boris' reign would set the stage ...16 KB (2,422 words) - 19:42, 20 November 2023
- Russian is the lingua franca, though before the 1917 revolution it was Arabic. Each of Dagestan's 33 ethnic groups has its own distinct ...18 KB (2,614 words) - 09:48, 29 January 2024
- of Latin America and the use of Spanish as the lingua franca by millions. Although she showed compassion for the Native Americans encountered ...18 KB (2,888 words) - 19:02, 7 March 2024
- | languages = Algerian Arabic (Darja) (lingua franca)French (administration ... and Berber or Tamazight. French is the lingua franca. The most widely spoken ...34 KB (4,913 words) - 21:02, 20 July 2023
- compound the imagination’s Latin with / The lingua franca et jocundissima.” And, “The whole race is a poet that writes down / The eccentric propositions ...19 KB (3,090 words) - 20:56, 18 November 2022
- times until the mid-twentieth century, the lingua franca among Ashkenazi Jews was primarily Yiddish. The Ashkenazi Jews developed a distinct liturgy ...20 KB (2,890 words) - 04:05, 18 August 2023
- for the evangelization of the natives in their lingua franca, Guaraní, was held there. For a time, Asunción was important to the Spanish colonial ...19 KB (2,690 words) - 18:39, 19 August 2023
- is on its way to replacing Cantonese as their lingua franca. ... population there, it is not used as a lingua franca because speakers of other ...45 KB (6,097 words) - 10:53, 11 March 2023
- speech, 'The Forgotten People'," Lingua Franca, February 17, 2007 [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/linguafranca/stories/2007/1848363.htm Judith ...23 KB (3,472 words) - 01:43, 16 December 2022
- quot;] Review of a book of essays on Arendt, in Lingua Francaonline. *[https://blogs.bard.edu/arendtcollection/ The Hannah Arendt Collection] ...24 KB (3,560 words) - 18:02, 23 January 2024
- 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) - 14:00, 3 May 2024
- 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 (3,477 words) - 11:57, 9 May 2024
- 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
- 1980):55-63. The Padang dialect has become the lingua franca for people of different language regions.George L. Campbell, Compendium of the World's ...38 KB (5,501 words) - 17:01, 21 December 2023
- Church as its scripture, as Greek was the lingua franca of the early Church. The three most acclaimed early interpreters were Aquila of Sinope, Symmachus ...62 KB (8,829 words) - 16:26, 30 January 2024
- for degree courses. Urdu is the lingua franca of the people, being widely spoken as a second language, although it is the mother tongue of only ...40 KB (5,985 words) - 19:54, 7 March 2024
- Pidgin English is the most common lingua franca, especially in the formerly British-administered territories. A mixture of English, French, and ...36 KB (5,278 words) - 18:55, 25 November 2023
- around 80 million people in Southeast African lingua franca, making it the most widely spoken language of sub-Saharan Africa. It is now the only African ...43 KB (6,328 words) - 15:52, 12 January 2024
- origins, as well as English's role as a lingua franca. It may also be related to the poor capability of early computers, largely originating in ...48 KB (7,277 words) - 23:46, 30 November 2022
- elsewhere which have been used as a lingua franca (Plains Indians sign language), or due to a high incidence of hereditary deafness in the community. ...50 KB (7,297 words) - 17:55, 22 August 2023
- Russian is the lingua franca, though before the 1917 revolution it was Arabic. In 1938, the alphabets of all Dagestani nations with a written ...42 KB (6,192 words) - 07:45, 12 January 2024
- and are therefore forced to use Mandarin as a lingua franca. Rising crime rates, littering, harassive panhandling, and an overloading of the basic infrastructure ...46 KB (6,727 words) - 19:55, 21 April 2023
- Arabic was the lingua franca despite the use of English by many of the elite. Many Sudanese are multilingual. ===Religion=== [[Image:Sudan Minaret ...46 KB (6,808 words) - 22:55, 3 May 2023
