Lingua Franca Of East Africa

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Updated: October 13, 2023

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noun • the most widely spoken Bantu languages; the official language of Kenya and Tanzania and widely used as a lingua franca in east and central Africa
	56%	7		Lingua franca of the Near East during the 1st millennium BCE
adjective • of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages noun • a Semitic language originally of the ancient Arameans but still spoken by other people in southwestern Asia • an alphabetical (or perhaps syllabic) script used since the 9th century BC to write the Aramaic language; many other scripts were subsequently derived from it
	54%	5		Lingua franca
noun • a Greek dialect that flourished under the Roman Empire • a common language used by speakers of different languages

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