ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Lingua Franca Nova

So, imagine you're in a playground with other kids who speak different languages. It's hard to play together and understand each other, right? Lingua Franca Nova is like a special language that all the kids can use to talk to each other and play together!

It's a made-up language that some people use when they're trying to communicate with people who speak different languages. It combines different words and rules from many different languages so that it's easy for anyone to understand.

For example, the word "hello" in Lingua Franca Nova is "bonjorn," which is similar to the French word "bonjour." And "thank you" is "merci," which is like the word for "thank you" in many different languages.

So, if you were playing with a kid who spoke Spanish and another who spoke Russian, you could use Lingua Franca Nova to talk to them both! It's like having a secret code that everyone can understand.
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