What is a lingua franca?

a. A local dialect with fewer than 500 speakers
b. A second language learned to permit communication between speakers of different languages
c. The native language of the second and third generation of speakers
d. A form of language that develops when speakers of different languages first come into contact


ANSWER:
b

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