Definition of Lingua. Meaning of Lingua. Synonyms of Lingua

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Definition of Lingua

Lingua
Lingua Lin"gua (l[i^][ng]"gw[.a]), n.; pl. Lingu[ae] (-gw[=e]). [L., the tongue.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A tongue. (b) A median process of the labium, at the under side of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.

Meaning of Lingua from wikipedia

- Look up lingua in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lingua (Latin, 'tongue') may refer to: Lingua (journal), a peer-reviewed academic journal of general...
- A lingua franca (/ˌlɪŋɡwə ˈfræŋkə/; lit. 'Frankish tongue'; for plurals see § Usage notes), also known as a bridge language, common language, trade language...
- Latin (lingua Latina, Latin: [ˈlɪŋɡʷa ɫaˈtiːna], or Latinum, Latin: [ɫaˈtiːnʊ̃]) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European...
- Portuguese (endonym: português or, in full, língua portuguesa) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the...
- Italian (italiano, Italian: [itaˈljaːno] , or lingua italiana, Italian: [ˈliŋɡwa itaˈljaːna]) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family...
- A lingua ignota (Latin for "unknown language") was described by the 12th-century abbess Hildegard of Bingen, who apparently used it for mystical purposes...
- The Mediterranean Lingua Franca, or Sabir, was a contact language, or languages, that were used as a lingua franca in the Mediterranean Basin from the...
- English as a lingua franca (ELF) is the use of the English language "as a global means of inter-community communication" and can be understood as "any...
- This is a list of lingua francas. A lingua franca is a language systematically used to make communication possible between people not sharing a first language...
- Hungarian (magyar nyelv, pronounced [ˈmɒɟɒr ˈɲɛlv] ) is a Uralic language spoken in Hungary and parts of several neighbouring countries that used to belong...