Alan Bedford on 21 Feb 2004  •  Link

"Any hybrid or other language used over a wide area as a common or commercial tongue among peoples of different speech." (Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary,

vicenzo on 7 Feb 2005  •  Link

from the esteemed LH who keeps us on cutting edge of the rite word for the rite time------------
http://www.languagehat.com/
http://www.uwm.edu/~corre/franca/…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ling…

http://www.uwm.edu/~corre/franca/…
http://www.uwm.edu/~corre/franca/…

vicenzo on 7 Feb 2005  •  Link

some diary background ref:under lingua franca
http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…

http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…

and others incl http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…

dirk on 21 Jun 2008  •  Link

The "real" Lingua Franca:

http://www.uwm.edu/~corre/franca/…