On Thursday 08 February 2007 9:09 pm, Isaac Penzev wrote:
> andrew ikri':
> | I started one. I called it Feringistani. There are some posts
> | about it archived on the list back in 2001. It borrowed quite
> | heavily Alan Corre's Glossary of Lingua Franca at
> |
http://www.uwm.edu/~corre/ .
>
> Tangki pa te lingki. // Thanks for the link.
> IMO, LF is a really interesting sample of a creol lang, though I
> don't believe the opinion that all existing creols back to LF.
>
It seems to have contributed a handful of words that are always assumed
to be creole, like sabi and pikanini.
> | That stalled because I wasn't satisfied with a calque
> | of *bastanza* for *inap*, and I have since returned the grammar to
> | its owner.
>
> *Inap*? I like this word!!
>
Good English *enough* turned into a stative verb :)
> | I still have both files.
>
> Could you send me a copy?
>
Certainly. I mentioned them because I thought you might like to see
them. They are written in KWord. One is 75.1 KB, the other is 21.9
KB. What format would be suitable for you to receive them in?
> | It's a nice looking language and I
> | use it if I need a quick and dirty translation language.
>
> That's what I have in mind wrt a concreole project, too.
>
That's what concreoles are fun for. What plans do you have for such a
language.
Since my original email I realise that I can take the Feringistani
lexicon, relexify it using the soundchanges I created for a constructed
Indo-European language, and then use the results for an eclectic
conlang I have been making gramatical notes for. Weird! Nothing is
ever wasted!
- andrew.