lingua

IPA: ɫˈɪŋgwʌ

(anatomy) Synonym of tongue.
(entomology) A median process of the labium, at the underside of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.

Examples of "lingua" in Sentences

English is the Lingua Franca of the world today.
Australian English isn't the Lingua franca of the world.
The investigator was looking at the lingua of the victim.
Because Persian was the lingua franca of the region at those times.
And since that's the lingua franca of ward level politics, they came around.
Arabic was the lingua franca despite the use of English by many of the elite.
Aramaic remained the lingua franca of the Middle East until the time of Islam.
In any case, international charts make it clear that English now serves as pop's lingua franca.
English has taken its place as the world's lingua franca, but it's not pushing out other languages.
Choosing your words to produce the desired response in an interlocutor is the lingua franca of diplomacy.