world language
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language that is spoken internationally and often learned as a second language
A world language is a language spoken by people across many different countries and is commonly learned by non-native speakers as a second language. It matters because it enables communication and exchange between people from different parts of the world who might not otherwise share a common way to speak with each other.
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A world language (sometimes called a global language or, rarely, an international language) is a language that is geographically widespread and makes it possible for members of different language communities to communicate. The term may also be used to refer to constructed international auxiliary languages.
English is the foremost world language and, by some accounts, the only one. Other languages that can be considered world languages include Arabic, French, Russian, and Spanish, although there is no clear academic consensus on the subject. Some writers consider Latin to have formerly been a world language.