Globish
n.— «They don’t know it, but the Korean and the Colombian are speaking Globish, the latest addition to the 6,800 languages that are said to be spoken across the world. Not that its inventor, Jean-Paul Nerrière, considers it a proper language.» —“If you can’t master English, try Globish” by Mary Blume International Herald Tribune (Paris, France) Apr. 22, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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