Urdu, the lingua franca of Pakistan, is necessary but less familiar.

巴基斯坦的通用语乌尔都语不可或缺，但并不为人熟知。

In our next lecture, I am going to talk about lingua franca and its functions.

下一讲，我将讲通用语及其功能。

If aid workers are lucky, they may find people who know Kanuri, a kind of lingua franca in Borno.

如果幸运的话，救援人员可能会找到懂卡努里语（博尔诺州的一种通用语言）的人。

For example, when an Indian talks to a Singaporean using English, then English is the lingua franca.

例如，当一个印度人用英语和一个新加坡人谈话时，英语就是通用语。

(Laughter) Memes are our internet's lingua franca.

（笑声） 模因是我们互联网的通用语。

French was the lingua franca. France was in vogue.

法语是通用语。 法国很流行。

Russian became the lingua franca, needed for any serious work.

俄语成为了任何严肃工作所需要的通用语。

Now, lingua franca, literal, franca, franca.

现在，lingua franca，字面意思，franca，franca。

But in general the whaling lingua franca is English.

但总的来说，捕鲸活动的通用语言是英语。

Although English is not the language with the largest number of native or first language speakers, it has really become a lingua franca.

虽然把英语作为母语或是第一语言的人不是最多的，但它确实成为了一种通用语。