Mediterranean Lingua Franca

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see also: Mediterranean lingua franca

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Proper noun

1. (historical) Sabir, the pidgin Italian-based lingua franca spoken along the Mediterranean to facilitate trade from the 11th to the 19th centuries.

Synonyms

• Sabir
• Lingua Franca

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Mediterranean lingua franca

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Proper noun

1. Alternative form of Mediterranean Lingua Franca

   2008, Jean-Benoit Nadeau & al., The Story of French, 34

   The Mediterranean lingua franca never evolved into anyone's mother tongue, which is why there are very few written traces of it.

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