Lingua Franca means— (১৮তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন স্কুল: ২০২৪)
কcommon language✓
খmaiden speech
গsecond language
ঘmother language
ব্যাখ্যা
The correct answer is option (a) "common language."
'Lingua Franca' is an Italian/Latin phrase meaning a common language used by speakers of different native languages to communicate with each other.
English is considered the global Lingua Franca today.
Historically, it was a mixed language used in Mediterranean trade routes. 'Franca' refers to the Franks (Europeans).
Source: Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics.