koine

English Thesaurus

1. a common language used by speakers of different languages (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	language, linguistic communication,
definition	:	a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols (noun.communication)

2. a Greek dialect that flourished under the Roman Empire (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	greek, hellenic, hellenic language,
definition	:	the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages (noun.communication)