Talk:Languages of Algeria
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[edit] Romance Languages - Lingua Franca (?)
Lingua Franca is mentioned as a language once spoken in Algeria. As far as I know, there is no such language. Lingua franca is a term applied to any language which attains a prominent international status. For example, Aramaic was the lingua franca of the ancient Near East, Latin the lingua franca of Europe in the Middle Ages and English the lingua franca of the modern world. The term is derived from 'the language of the Franks' which was a lingua franca of sorts at the time of Charlemagne. Please correct me if I'm mistaken. RCSB 17:09, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
- Yes, that usage is correct - however, it derives from the original Lingua Franca, a Mediterranean traders' pidgin used in European-Muslim contacts. See http://www.uwm.edu/~corre/franca/go.html for more detail. - Mustafaa 18:09, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Standard Arabic
It would be interesting to know how many people there are in Algeria who actually know Standard Arabic. Aaker 16:21, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
