Re: Pidgin Gothic (Was: Re: New Lang, but Just For Fun)

Am 01/21 10:50  Rob Nierse yscrifef:

> Does anyone know what languages could have given words to
> Pidgin Gothic? I was thinking of Turkish, Rumanian, Georgian,
> Tartar. What words should be borrowed?
> (e.g. 'tea' comes from Turkish?)
>
There was a pidgin that existed between Russian and Scandanavian traders
called Russonorsk or Moja po Tvoja (me to you or mine to yours).  You
might want consider that as a parallel for Crimean Russo-Gothic
(Russogutisk?)


- andrew.
--
Andrew Smith, Intheologus                       hobbit@earthlight.co.nz

                      "Piskie, Piskie, say Amen
                   Doon on your knees and up agen."

                    "Presbie, Presbie, dinna bend;
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