Re: Pidgin language(s) question

In a message dated 2000/05/01 05:27:08 PM, Acadon wrote:

>The creators of Interglossa, Frater, Glosa, and many other IALs
>had some roots in pidgin propensities.
>
    I am familiar with Glosa (& it's Interglossa roots). =)
I am less ambitious than IALangers, just making a language for fun
& poetic disruption(s).

>Fictional efforts like NewSpeak, etc. seem to evidence the pidgin
>tradition.
>
>The pidgins become creoles remain good models for simplified
>language norms. I'd mention:
>
>Chinook Jargon
>Tetun (the lingua franca of Timor)
>Papiamentu
>Sranan
>TokPisin (NeoMelanesian)
>Motu ("police" Motu)
>Haitian (Aytiyan)
    I am familiar with Tok Pisin & Motu. Lonely Planet Publications has a good
Pidgin Phrasebook that covers the bare basics of Bislama, Solomon Islands
Pijin,
Tok Pisin, & others (Yumpla Tok & Kriol).
The title is :  _Lonely Planet Pidgin Phrasebook: Pidgin Languages of Oceania_

    Synthrax, the "hyper-poetic" artlang I am working on, is to be an
"extended/extendable pidgin."
    In another words, word-compounding, neologisms & portmanteau words based
on techno-scientific Greco-Latin roots & Japanese onomatopoeia words
are an inherent (& attractive) feature of Synthrax [besides its "charming"
Pidgin syntax  =}  *gigglabyte*].

    zHANg