world language

English

Noun

world language (plural world languages)

1. A language spoken internationally and which is learned by many people as a second language.

   English, French and Spanish are often considered world languages.

Translations

language spoken internationally

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 世界語言／世界语言 (zh) (shìjiè yǔyán)

• Dutch: wereldtaal (nl) f
• Esperanto: mondlingvo
• Finnish: maailmankieli
• Galician: lingua mundial f
• German: Weltsprache (de) f
• Hindi: विश्वभाषा f (viśvabhāṣā)
• Hungarian: világnyelv (hu)
• Ido: mondolinguo (io)
• Russian: мировой язык m (mirovoj jazyk)
• Turkish: dünya dili, uluslararası dil
• Volapük: volapük (vo)

See also

• lingua franca
• panlingual
• translingual
• universal language