Example sentences of "as [art] [unc] franca " in BNC.
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| 1 | Missionaries travelling throughout Western Europe established Latin as the lingua franca by the end of the seventh century . |
| 2 | But in practice the status of English as the lingua franca is assured for the foreseeable future — and the need for the language in many countries amounts to a clamour . |
| 3 | Yiddish yiddish served as a lingua franca for Jews . |
| 4 | This includes Swahili which although the mother-tongue of only 4m people is probably used as a lingua franca by about 30m . |
| 5 | This includes Swahili which although the mother-tongue of only 4m people is probably used as a lingua franca by about 30m . |
| 6 | The slaves themselves needed the pidgin as a lingua franca , not just for communication with their captors , but to communicate among themselves ; a typical cargo would bring together slaves from many language groups , and on arrival in the American ports , they were deliberately split up to reduce the likelihood of conspiracies . |