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A
lingua franca
, cried a
brig leid
or
vehicular leid
an aw, is a leid
seestematically
(as opponed tae occasionally, or casually) uised tae mak communication possible atween persons nae sharin a
mither tongue
, in particular when it is a third leid, distinct frae baith mither tongues.
[1]
- ↑
Viacheslav A. Chirikba, "The problem of the Caucasian Sprachbund" in Pieter Muysken, ed.,
From Linguistic Areas to Areal Linguistics
, 2008, p. 31.
ISBN 90-272-3100-1