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Actually, the "franca" in "lingua franca" refers to the "Frankish" people, a term applied to a variety of Western Mediterraneans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
by kharms 8y ago
Actually, the "franca" in "lingua franca" refers to the "Frankish" people, a term applied to a variety of Western Mediterraneans.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Lingua_Franca https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Lingua_Franca