Lingva Franka (Russian Edition)

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Kanuri has historically been an important lingua franca around the Lake Chad region due to its association with the powerful Kanem-Borno empire. However, since the creation of the modern nation-states of Nigeria and Niger, it has declined somewhat in prestige, due to the expansion of the populous Hausa language. [ citation needed] Kituba [ edit ]

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While Pidgins are not native to any community, languages that act as Lingua Francas can be indigenous to some distant communities, but not to any of the groups that use it as Lingua Franca.a b "Department for General Assembly and Conference Management – What are the official languages of the United Nations?". United Nations. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007 . Retrieved 25 January 2008. Pidgin and Lingua Franca are distinct in terms of their origin. Pidgins originate through the interactions of two groups that do not share a common language. Lingua Francas, on the other hand, are mostly already existing developed languages. Jones, Daniel (2003) [1917], Peter Roach; James Hartmann; Jane Setter (eds.), English Pronouncing Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-3-12-539683-8

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Around the Renaissance era a mixed language of Italian (80%) and many words from Turkish, French, Spanish, Greek and Arabic was used in the eastern region around the Mediterranean Sea It was in use as the language of commerce and diplomacy and was called lingua franca. At that time, in the port cities of the Ottoman empire there lived very many Italian speakers. Franca was the Italian word for Frankish. Its usage in the term lingua franca came from its meaning in Arabic. That word came into use before the Crusades, when Europeans used to be called " Franks" or Faranji in Arabic. The term lingua franca is first recorded in English in 1678. [2] Examples [ change | change source ] Aramaic was the native language of the Aramaeans and became the lingua franca of the Assyrian Empire and the western provinces of the Persian Empire, and was adopted by conquered peoples such as the Hebrews. A dialect of Old Aramaic developed into the literary language Syriac. The Syriacs, such as the Syriac-Aramaeans, Assyrians and Chaldean Christians, continued the use of Aramaic which ultimately evolved into the Neo-Aramaic dialects of the Middle East. [ citation needed] Assamese [ edit ] Bantu Botatwe is the lingua franca of Lusaka, the capital of Zambia. Nyanja is also a main language. [ citation needed] Ewondo [ edit ]A simple version of a mixture of two or more languages; used by people that do not have a common spoken language. Tagalog – Language Information & Resources". www.alsintl.com. Archived from the original on 9 August 2018 . Retrieved 21 February 2019. Russian is in use and widely understood in Central Asia, the Caucasus and the Baltics, areas formerly part of the Soviet Union or bloc, and in much of Central, Southeast and Eastern Europe, formerly part of the Warsaw Pact. It remains the official language of the Commonwealth of Independent States. Russian is also one of the six official languages of the United Nations. [10] Serbo-Croatian [ edit ]