His fellow prisoners spoke Urdu among themselves, and Desmond found some alleviation of the monotony of his life in learning the lingua franca of India under the Babu's tuition.
Cui idcirco patria inter libros complures in linguam vernaculam translatos, etiam sacrosancta Biblia, elegantissimis typis Islandica lingua in officna ipsius excusa, in æternum debebit.
For Morinus, see his Exercitationes de Lingua Primaeva, Utrecht, 1697.
And “Ars signorum, vulgo character universalis et lingua philosophica,” by Georgius Dalgarno: a small 12mo.
And I myself, who had accompanied him so far as Venice, could pick my way in the lingua Franca.
The deciphering of monuments, chiefly Etruscan, was one of his favorite occupations and resulted in his writing his "Saggio di lingua etrusca" in 1789.
His words are applicable to every swarm of Barbarians and freebooters:-- Si vicinorum quis pernitiosus ad illos Confugiebat eum gratanter suscipiebant: Moribus etlingua quoscumque venire videbant Informant propria; gens efficiatur ut una.
There is a beautiful hymn of his, which commences-- "Pange lingua gloriosi Praelium certaminis.
And there is great reason to imagine, that the affinity the Lingua Franca bears to the French and Italian is intirely to be derived from the Romance, which was once commonly used in the ports of the Levant.
The amplitude and unchecked volume of his diction flow out of the mental conditions, described in the lines,-- Usque adeo largos haustus e fontibu' magnis Lingua meo suavis diti de pectore fundet.
Giraldus Cambrensis, writing in the latter part of the twelfth century, says: “Cornubia vero et Armorica Britannia lingua utuntur fere persimili, Cambris tamen propter originalem convenientiam in multis adhuc et fere cunctis intelligibili.
The "heathen" were probably Portuguese descendants, in whose language Kiernander preached as the lingua franca of the time.
The five great vernaculars of India were accordingly named, and the greatest of all, the Hindi, which was not scientifically elaborated till long after, was provided for under the mixed dialect or lingua franca known as Hindostani.
Chi lingua ha, a Roma va=--He who has a tongue 5 may go to Rome, i.
Lingua mali pars pessima servi=--His tongue is 15 the worst part of a bad servant.
Has pœnas garrula lingua dedit=--This punishment a prating tongue brought on him.
La lingua batte dove la dente duole=--The tongue strikes where the tooth aches.
Lingua mali loquax malæ mentis est indicium=--An evil tongue is the proof of an evil mind.
Chi ha lingua in bocca, può andar per tutto=--He who has a tongue in his head can travel all the world over.
Louis then took the oath in what the chronicle calls the lingua romana, so that his brother's soldiers might understand him, and Charles repeated his oath in the lingua teudisca for the benefit of Louis' soldiers.
A person familiar with Latin and French could puzzle out a part of the oath in the lingua romana; that in the lingua teudisca would be almost equally intelligible to one familiar with German.
The lingua Geral is the ancient Tupee language, considerably modified by the Jesuits, who taught it to all those under their control.
They speak the lingua Geral, and sometimes Portuguese.
Many of the Brazilian tribes were reclaimed from their more barbarous practices by the Portuguese missionaries, who from their numerous dialects formed the language now generally in use--the Tupi, Guarani, or lingua Geral.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lingua" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: dialect; idiom; lingo; locution; palate; parlance; parole; phraseology; speech; talk; tongue; usage
