mention the characteristic of lingua franca ?
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A lingua franca is a language or dialect used for communication among people who do not know a common native language or dialect. Today, English is the most widely accepted lingua franca across the world. Lingua franca has many interesting characteristics as given below:
*It is considered to be a functional term and is not dependent on any language structure or linguistic history.
*It is often used only in specific social situations. In very rare cases, it may be used for executing commerce or business transactions.
A lingua franca is also known as a common language, bridge language, vehicular language or trade language. It is a language or dialect which is used to make it possible for the people who do not have a common native language, to communicate with each other.
Lingua franca is a functional term. It is independent of any language structure or linguistic history. Often pidgins and creoles act as lingua francas.
A lingua franca is used beyond the boundaries of its original community while a vernacular language is used as a native language in a community. A lingua franca is used as a second language for communication between groups. For instance, in the United Kingdom English is a vernacular but in India it is uses as a lingua franca. Russian, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, French and Spanish are uses as educational or industrial lingua francas in many areas.