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  2. List of gairaigo and wasei-eigo terms - Wikipedia

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    Gairaigo are Japanese words originating from, or based on, foreign-language, generally Western, terms.These include wasei-eigo (Japanese pseudo-anglicisms).Many of these loanwords derive from Portuguese, due to Portugal's early role in Japanese-Western interaction; Dutch, due to the Netherlands' relationship with Japan amidst the isolationist policy of sakoku during the Edo period; and from ...

  3. Lingua franca - Wikipedia

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    A lingua franca (/ ˌ l ɪ ŋ ɡ w ə ˈ f r æ ŋ k ə /; lit. ' Frankish tongue '; for plurals see § Usage notes), also known as a bridge language, common language, trade language, auxiliary language, link language or language of wider communication (LWC), is a language systematically used to make communication possible between groups of people who do not share a native language or dialect ...

  4. French-Japanese - Wikipedia

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    French(-)Japanese or Japanese(-)French may refer to: France-Japan relations (c.f. "a French-Japanese treaty") French language education in Japan (c.f. "a French Japanese class") Japanese language education in France; People with multiple citizenship of France and Japan

  5. Cross-border language - Wikipedia

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    These are people who understand written and/or spoken Basque but who have little speaking ability. They represent 15.3% of the population. Official language or lingua franca monolinguals. Non-Basque-speaking monolinguals are those who speak only Spanish or French in the Basque Country. They are the majority, representing 57.8% of the population.

  6. French people in Japan - Wikipedia

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    French expatriates who are working in Japan with leading foreign companies came from many different industries such as chemicals and crystal-ware. [4] As far as inbound tourism from France is concerned, France ranked at 15th place in 2018, with 304,900 French tourists visiting Japan.

  7. Duolingo releases its top 10 languages of 2023. What made the ...

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    French. 4. German. 5. Japanese. 6. Korean. 7. Italian. 8. ... with 86% of the people learning Japanese and 76% of those learning Chinese under 30. ... Younger people have different preferences ...

  8. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    à la short for (ellipsis of) à la manière de; in the manner of/in the style of [1]à la carte lit. "on the card, i.e. menu". In restaurants it refers to ordering individual dishes from the menu rather than a fixed-price meal.

  9. Gaijin - Wikipedia

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    Gaijin (外人, [ɡai(d)ʑiɴ]; 'outsider, alien') is a Japanese word for foreigners and non-Japanese citizens in Japan, specifically being applied to foreigners of non-Japanese ethnicity and those from the Japanese diaspora who are not Japanese citizens. [1] The word is composed of two kanji: gai (外, 'outside') and jin (人, 'person').