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What words contain the root lingua?

The root "lingua" is Latin for "tongue" and refers to language. Here are some words containing the root "lingua":

Directly:

* Lingua: (Latin) Tongue, language

* Linguistic: Relating to language

* Linguist: A person who studies languages

* Linguistics: The study of language

Indirectly:

* Bilingual: Able to speak two languages

* Multilingual: Able to speak multiple languages

* Unilingual: Able to speak only one language

* Lingual: Relating to the tongue or language

* Sublingual: Situated under the tongue

* Interlingual: Relating to or involving different languages

Less common:

* Lingua franca: A language that is used for communication between people who speak different languages

* Lingua terminalis: A language that is no longer spoken

* Lingua mortua: A dead language

These are just a few examples, and there are many other words that contain the root "lingua". You can often find words containing this root in fields related to language, such as linguistics, translation, and communication.

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