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Re:The Neural Advantage of Speaking 2 Languages by sirdavidof on Thursday January 21, 2010 @07:58PM (#1068844)
Yes, but French is arguably fading much more quickly. It's easy to overlook where the words lingua franca originally came from.
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Re:The Neural Advantage of Speaking 2 Languages by eru on Thursday January 21, 2010 @08:33PM (#1068889)
Not from French. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingua_franca)

I can't say much about French. I do know that German is alive and kicking.

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