KnowraEnglish as a lingua francaLinked fromLinked fromThe 16 pages that link to English as a lingua franca, each with the reason it gives.All 16Broader topic 3Related 8Compared with 5International auxiliary languageCompared with: Its global reach makes it the strongest practical alternative to a deliberately neutral auxiliary language.InterlinguaCompared with: English gained this role through social and political history, unlike Interlingua’s deliberate construction.InterlinguisticsCompared with: Its global reach is the most prominent practical alternative to a neutral planned auxiliary language.FinvenkismoCompared with: It is the dominant practical alternative to finvenkismo’s proposed shared second language.Anna WierzbickaCompared with: Her framework questions whether ordinary English can serve as a neutral language for describing all cultures.