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imported>Derek Hodges (New page: <noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude> A type of language which is used when people who share no native language need to communicate.) |
imported>John Stephenson (old definition was for lingua franca) |
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any language which is created through contact between two or more existing languages; may occur when people who share no native language need to communicate, or when a language of one group becomes used for wider communication. | |||
Latest revision as of 22:31, 16 May 2009
any language which is created through contact between two or more existing languages; may occur when people who share no native language need to communicate, or when a language of one group becomes used for wider communication.