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<p>A <b>lingua franca</b> (; ; for plurals see ), also known as a <b>bridge language</b>, <b>common language</b>, <b>trade language</b>, <b>auxiliary language</b>, <b>link language</b>, or <b>language of wider communication</b> (<b>LWC</b>), is a <a href="page.php?w=Natural_language">language</a> systematically used to make communication possible between groups of people who do not share a <a href="page.php?w=First_language">native language</a> or dialect, particularly when it is a third language that is distinct from both of the speakers' native</p><p>
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