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		JacobAldridge on Sept 22, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: French was the official language of England from 1... How ironic that now English is the global lingua franca.

ffgjgf1 on Sept 22, 2023 [–]

Funnily enough the medieval “ Lingua Franca” creole language used in the Mediterranean was primarily based on Italian dialects with some Occitan and Catalan mixed in.

ThePowerOfFuet on Sept 22, 2023 | [–]

I've heard Italian described as "drunk Catalan" and, being a speaker of Catalan and having had some exposure to Italian, I'm not sure I can entirely disagree.

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