Koiné language

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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In linguistics, a koine or koiné language or dialect (pronounced , KOY-nay; from Ancient Greek κοινή 'common') is a standard or common dialect that has arisen as a result of the contact, mixing, and often simplification of two or more mutually intelligible varieties of the same language.

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