a lingua franca

a language that is used for communication between people whose main languages are different (often + of ) English is the undisputed lingua franca of the business world.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
MiklavŽ	-	Slovene
Kristina	kris-TEE-nah (German)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian, German, Slovene, Czech, Lithuanian, Serbian, Croatian, Faroese,
Naziha	-	Arabic
Adenauer	['a:dənauə]
Syeda	-	Urdu
Liesbeth	LEES-bət	Dutch