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▸ noun: A common language used by people of diverse backgrounds to communicate with one another, often a basic form of speech with simplified grammar, particularly, one that is not the first language of any of its speakers.
▸ noun: (historical, archaic) Sabir, the Italian-based pidgin that served as a common language of Mediterranean trade around the 11th-19th centuries.
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▸ noun: A common language used by people of diverse backgrounds to communicate with one another, often a basic form of speech with simplified grammar, particularly, one that is not the first language of any of its speakers.
▸ noun: (historical, archaic) Sabir, the Italian-based pidgin that served as a common language of Mediterranean trade around the 11th-19th centuries.
Similar:
Koine,
Lingua Franca Nova,
Franglais,
first language,
Latino sine Flexione,
Low Franconian,
Frankish,
familect,
Fenglish,
Franconian,
more...
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Adjectives:
vernacular,
flash,
standard,
dialectal,
english,
prestige,
lish,
endoglossic,
substrate,
demotic,
heteronomous
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