[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c6.24 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c6.24 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c6.24 - **Language:** English ### [c6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c6.24) "This they (the Portugueze) may justly boast, they have established a kind of \*Lingua Franca\* in all the Sea Ports in India, of great use to other Europeans, who would find it difficult in many places to be well understood without it." (\*An Account of the Trade in India\*, 1711, p. 286.) - [Previous: c6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c6.23) - [Next: c6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c6.25) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c6.24) · Pramāṇa