共通語

きょうつうご

Meanings

1. Noun common language; lingua franca
2. standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)

Kanji

• 共 together. Read as キョウ.
• 通 pass through. Read as ツウ.
• 語 language. Read as ゴ.

Example sentences

• 音楽は人類の共通語である。
  Music is a common speech for humanity.
• 英語は今や世界のいくつかの国の共通語になっています。
  English has now become the common language of several nations in the world.
• ペルーの共通語は何ですか。
  What is the common language in Peru?

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