irelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 days agoIf you had to choose a new lingua franca, what language would you pick?message-squaremessage-square123fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down11
arrow-up151arrow-down1message-squareIf you had to choose a new lingua franca, what language would you pick?irelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 days agomessage-square123fedilink
minus-squaremoody@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·4 days agoLingua franca has nothing to do with French.
minus-squarePiraHxCx@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 days agoThen it’s just a happy coincidence that it was the first world wide language used for diplomacy.
minus-squareMoonPatrol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoI’m pretty sure the first diplomatic language was Latin.
Lingua franca has nothing to do with French.
Then it’s just a happy coincidence that it was the first world wide language used for diplomacy.
I’m pretty sure the first diplomatic language was Latin.