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vehicular language

vehicular language noun: synonym of lingua franca.

Noun

vehicular language (plural vehicular languages)

  1. Synonym of lingua franca.
    • German is now again an important vehicular language and might be seen as a potential candidate for a regional lingua franca in the European Union.2011, Rudi Janssens, Virginie Mamadouh, László Marácz, “Languages of regional communication (ReLan) in Europe: three case studies and a research agenda”, in J. N. Jørgensen, editor, A toolkit for...
    • Lingua franca is today generally used to describe the worldwide spread of English as a vehicular language.2022, Sabine Fiedler, Cyril Robert Brosch, “What is a lingua franca?” (chapter 2), in Esperanto – Lingua Franca and Language Community, John Benjamins Publishing Company, →DOI, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OL...
    Synonyms:
    lingua franca

Synonyms of vehicular language

Forms of vehicular language

pluralvehicular languages

Questions about vehicular language

What does vehicular language mean?
Vehicular language means synonym of lingua franca.
What part of speech is vehicular language?
Vehicular language is a noun.
What is the plural of vehicular language?
The plural of vehicular language is vehicular languages.

Words near vehicular language in the dictionary

  1. vehiclelike
  2. vehicles
  3. vehicling
  4. vehicular
  5. vehicular cycling
  6. vehicular language
  7. vehicular languages
  8. vehicularly
  9. vehicularly challenged
  10. vehicularly housed
  11. vehiculary

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