🗣️ Lingua Franca
A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages.
Real World Example: Swahili in East Africa (Bantu + Arabic) or English in global business.
🍲 Creolization
Process where two or more separate languages blend together to create a new, distinct language.
Fr
Colonizer
+
Af
Indigenous
=
?
Creole