A Glossary
of
Lingua Franca

FIFTH EDITION
2005

“Spagnoli venir … boum boum … andar; Inglis venir … boum boum bezef … andar; Francés venir … tru tru tru … chapar.”
[The Spaniards came (1541), cannonaded, and left. The English came (1816), cannonaded heavily, and left. The French came (1830), blew their bugles, and captured it.]
-- A comment in Lingua Franca on the history of the City of Algiers (1852) cited by Schuchardt (1909)

• Prefatory Note to the Fifth Edition
• Prefatory Note to the Fourth Edition
• Foreword - Mikael Parkvall
• General Introduction
• Lecture on the Lingua Franca
• Introduction to Lingua Franca - Roberto Rossetti
• Conversazioni - Internet Discussions on Lingua Franca
• Lingua Franca à travers les siècles - Roberto Rossetti [In French]
  • Bibliographie Essentielle
  • Chronologie des Passages en Petit Mauresque
  • Chronologie des Descriptions de la Langue Franque
• Lingua Franca, a Dissertation – Renata Zago [In Italian, with English summaries by the Editor]
• An Interlude - “Good Merchandise”
• Sample Judeo-Arabic Text and Transcription Rules
• THE GLOSSARY
• THE GLOSSARY IN ACROBAT^© FORMAT
• Texts
• Bibliography
• List of Contributors
• The following two entries are for historical purposes only:
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  • I prefer to view the superseded Second Edition

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