A language used for international communication

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n. a common language used by speakers of different languages; "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" [syn: lingua ...

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n. 1 A language created by students of a foreign language, incorporating aspects of their own language, a mixed language. 2 A lingua franca, a common language used by speakers of different languages. 3 A pidgin, a creole

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An interlanguage is an emerging language system in the mind of a second language learner. Interlanguage may also refer to: Interlanguage, a term in interlinguistics referring to any language used between people who cannot communicate by means of their first ...