Assertion: polish | /r/HasProperty | a lingua franca
Facets:
value: in parts of eastern europe
type: LOCATION
value: from 1500–1700
type: TEMPORAL
value: in central
type: LOCATION
value: historically
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Historically, Polish was a lingua franca, important both diplomatically and academically in Central and Eastern Europe.
text: Polish was a lingua franca from 1500–1700 in Central and parts of Eastern Europe, because of the political, cultural, scientific and military influence of the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.