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Words related to lingua
lin·gua
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language
a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French language; the Yiddish language. -
lingua franca
any language that is widely used as a means of communication among speakers of other languages. -
lingua geral
a lingua franca based on Tupi and spoken in the Amazon basin of South America. -
ambonese
a native or inhabitant of Ambon. -
aramaic
an ancient language of the Middle East, still spoken in parts of Syria and the Lebanon, belonging to the NW Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family. Originally the speech of Aram, in the 5th century bc it spread to become the lingua franca of the Persian empire -
bemba
a member of a Negroid people of Africa, living chiefly in Zambia on a high infertile plateau