Mediterranean Lingua Franca

Mediterranean lingua franca English Alternative forms en Mediterranean lingua franca Etymology From the addition of Mediterranean to distinguish the particular sense of Lingua Franca from generic uses of the term. Proper noun Mediterranean Lingua Franca 1 en historical Sabir, the pidgin Italian-based lingua franca spoken along the Mediterranean to facilitate trade from the 11th to the 19th centuries.Lingua franca del Mediterraneo or sabir (in Italian), article of Francesco Bruni http://www.italica.rai.it/principali/lingua/bruni/lezioni/f_lll5.htm 20 August 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20090328135757/http://www.italica.rai.it/principali/lingua/bruni/lezioni/f_lll5.htm 28 March 2009 Archived copy https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/corre/www/franca/edition3/lingua5.html 20 August 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20120325104348/https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/corre/www/franca/edition3/lingua5.html 25 March 2012 en Lingua Franca en 2008 Jean-Benoit Nadeau; et al The Story of French 34 The Mediterranean lingua franca never evolved into anyone's mother tongue, which is why there are very few written traces of it. References