Mediterranean Lingua Franca en · PROPN
Etymology
From the addition of Mediterranean to distinguish the particular sense of Lingua Franca from generic uses of the term.
Meanings
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(historical) Sabir, the pidgin Italian-based lingua franca spoken along the Mediterranean to facilitate trade from the 11th to the 19th centuries.
The Mediterranean lingua franca never evolved into anyone's mother tongue, which is why there are very few written traces of it.
2008, Jean-Benoit Nadeau et al., The Story of French, section 34:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mediterranean lingua franca | alternative | lexicographic | |
| the Mediterranean Lingua Franca | canonical | lexicographic |