> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Philip Newton
> On 10/17/07, li_sasxsek@nutter.net <li_sasxsek@...> wrote:
> > Some samples (this language is still in early development so
changes
> > may occur)
> >
> >
> > ? Atikel 1
> > Al human bi bon libri en egali fo digniti en rait. De bi
hav
> > wit rizen en
> > kanxens en xud du tu ecoda wit spirit av bradia.
> >
> > ---
> >
> > ? Wi Papa
> > Wi papa, hu bi at Heven,
> > Yu nem bi santi.
> > Yu kinia muv tu.
> > yu wil bi du,
> > at At az at Heven.
> > Giv de bred tu wi dis de,
> > en fogiv wi fo wi sin,
> > az wi fogiv dat hu sin anti wi.
> > En no gid wi tu temptin,
> > bat sev wi fra ivel.
> >
>
> Looks very African to me -- no doubt due to the whole effect of
"looks
> like English but with reduced phonology and simplified grammar".
It's not really supposed to "look" like English, but the language is
heavily influenced by English or moreso English-based pidgins to
make it more regular and easier to learn.