Linguafranca

[Ever Student]

-Can be English a Lingua franca for The US, England, Australia, Canada and the other English-speaking countries? If not, What is linguafranca?

[konungursvia]

Generally, it is a third language used to bridge between a first and second group. By extension, it's a koine for use throughout a region or regions, like Greek in Alexander's empire, or English in the EU and ASEAN.

We are using our native language speaking to one another, so we wouln't use the term lingua franca for that.

A German doctor speaking to Italian doctors in English -- that would be using it as a lingua franca.

[Raymott]

Originally Posted by taghavi

-Can be English a Lingua franca for The US, England, Australia, Canada and the other English-speaking countries? If not, What is linguafranca?

If you're going to learn linguistics, you should find a good dictionary of linguistics.
Here's a glossary (It's more grammar than linguistics though).
Glossary of linguistic terms

Also, Wikipedia is very very useful for linguistics. You will often just have to read the first paragraph to get a definition, and some idea of how the term is used.
Lingua franca - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Here's a good place to start
Linguistics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Ever Student]

Thank you for your help Konungusrvia and Raymott.

[Ever Student]

Hi everybody;
What's difference between lingua franca and international language?

[konungursvia]

English has become an international language, like Arabic, because there are so many nations that use it. A lingua fraca is used as a third-language between two other groups. English is both at the same time.

[Raymott]

Tok Pisin (Pidgin English) is used to unite people of various tribes in New Guinea, which has around 700 languages. But Tok Pisin is only used in Papua New Guinea, so it's lingua franca, but not an international language.

[Ever Student]

You mean that we can say that as "different nations" have a common language, so this language become "international"?
And, since "different tribes" have a common language, so this language could be "lingua franca"?

[1364]

Originally Posted by taghavi

You mean that we can say that as "different nations" have a common language, so this language become "international"?
And, since "different tribes" have a common language, so this language could be "lingua franca"?

Hi there,
I don't think that it's the matter of different tribes or nations,.
A language could be lingua franca but not necessarily international .lingua franca is used for communication between different groups of people .E.g: using Farsi in a conference .this language (Farsi) is called lingua franca or auxiliary language .but as you know Farsi is not an international language!
Because English is an international language, they prefer to use it as lingua franca rather than other languages.
All the best,

[Ever Student]

Hello,
Thanks for your help.
Are you at Shiraz university?
Anyway,
Glad to meet you.