复数： linguae
易混淆的单词： LinguaLINGUA

Yet ostler takes the view that by around 2050 no global lingua franca will be needed .

但奥斯特勒的观点是：到2050年前后，世界将不再需要全球性的通用语言。

Swahili is the principal lingua franca in east africa .

东非的主要交际语是斯瓦希里语。

Except that english is its chief lingua franca and newspeak its official language , it is not centralized in any way .

除了英语是其重要混合语，新话是其正式语言以外，它没有任何其他集中化的东西。

Multinational companies consist of confederations of offices in numerous countries , and english has thus become a convenient lingua franca .

跨国公司在很多国家设立机构，英语也因此成为了最为方便的沟通工具。

One of those has been the lingua franca , a commonly known second language in which different nationalities converse .

其中一项就是“通用语”，即能为不同国家的人所广泛使用的第二语言。