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Re: New Lang, but Just For Fun

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Sunday, January 23, 2000, 6:48
daniel andreasson wrote:
> Yes, but then it will be a *creole* and not a pidgin. Unless > you want to stick to the explanation that a creole has to have > native speakers.
Merely a difference in definition. I prefer the definition of creole as having native speakers.
> So, are you saying that there would remain declensions or not? > I think you're saying that there wouldn't.
Not initially, but, given long enough contact, quite possibly re-introduced, until the creole is little more than "Bad Latin". -- 6 Wakalláf watyánivaf plal 273 http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Conlang/W.html http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor