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".
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