Linguae

General issues Lingua Franca—past and present Europe has had a number of languages that were considered linguae francae over some ranges for some periods according to some historians.

Oğuric Turkic, spoken by many of the subject tribes,doubtless, was one of the linguae francae of the state.

The origin of the term "Daco-Romanian" can be traced back to the first printed book of Romanian grammar in 1780, Samuil Micu, Gheorghe Șincai, Elementa linguae daco-romanae sive valachicae, Vienna, 1780.