lingua franca is not French, it was the language of the Franks, a Germanic language for a Germanic tribe. The French are a Celtic people (Gallic tribes) but their language derives from the Italic language of their Roman oppressors. If lingua franca interests you, Aryan roots and all, you should take a look at Anglish: as your English is quite good, it's a project that would be accessible to you to practice something much closer to lingua franca than French!
Re:What Is Anglish?
by rando14775 on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @04:16AM
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The main reason English is used so much is because of the British (and later US) empire, and not because it's easy as a second language (that depends heavily on what someone's first language is). Empires always spread their official language far and wide, no matter how "easy" it is.
I agree that language purity stuff is related to xenophobia.
> The reason for that is because English is considered relatively easy to communicate with as a second language.
English is a horrible second language. It's learned through brute forcing the horrid irregularity of grammar (10%) and especially vocabulary/pronunciation (90%), by listening to the ever-present songs in English, watching American TV series/shows, movies, reading English-speaking media, interacting with un-localized websites and mobile apps, etc.
English has quite happily built upon its roots and is able to grab "foreign" words and take them on board, without fear, favour or rancour. Why not? Modern English takes advantage of a vast vocabulary, much of which is not natively derived or generated but is still cherished.
Anglish with it's purity notions should be considered degenerative and racist in my view.