What is a lingua franca? Provide two examples

What will be an ideal response?


A lingua franca is a language that different groups of speakers use to communicate; they may
agree on a third language to serve as a common tongue; it may actually be a formal language
used by one of the groups or from an external area or it can be a patchwork or simplified version
of a standard language. Swahili in East Africa is one example; French was a diplomatic language
and English is a common international language.

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A) upslope fog. B) advection fog. C) radiation fog. D) frontal fog. E) evaporation fog.

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Inselbergs are ________

A) lithified rock formed by cementation of wind-deposited, dune sands B) insulated icebergs floating in a hot spring C) bedrock hills in a highly eroded desert landscape D) blowouts cut from bedrock in mountainous areas

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The latent heat of melting is 80 calories for 1 gram of ice. If 1 gram of ice absorbs 120 calories, what do I get?

A) a mixture of ice and water at a temperature of 0°C B) a mixture of water and steam at a temperature of 120°C C) 1 gram of water at a temperature of 40°C D) 1 gram of water at a temperature of 120°C E) 1 gram of water at a temperature of 20°C

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1:24,000 is an example of what kind of scale?

A) bar line B) metric scale C) graphic scale D) written scale E) fractional scale

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