Lingua franca
Lingua franca noun - A common language used by speakers of different languages.
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Synonyms for Lingua franca
Native language and lingua franca are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Native language" instead a noun phrase "Lingua franca".
Native language
Native language noun - The language that a person has spoken from earliest childhood.
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Synonyms for Native language
Lingua franca and native language are semantically related. You can use "Lingua franca" instead a noun phrase "Native language".
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Related pairs
- tongue and lingua franca
- tongue and native language
- speech and lingua franca
- speech and native language
- idiom and lingua franca
- idiom and native language
- dialect and lingua franca
- dialect and native language
- vernacular and lingua franca
- vernacular and native language
- patois and lingua franca
- patois and native language
- language and lingua franca
- language and native language
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It is highly likely that English would become the lingua franca as there is no other language spoken by more than one of the final eight survivors, apart from possibly Russian which is Tekla's native language and which Ivy and Dinah would have had to learn as astronauts.
Source: Literature / Seveneves
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Native language and Lingua franca. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/lingua_franca/native_language
Lingua franca & Native language. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/lingua_franca/native_language>.
Native language or Lingua franca. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/lingua_franca/native_language.
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