Re: Bahasa Indonesia (was: One language for the world)

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>    Ref. Barry's post.  Yes, it seems Pilipino is mainly a lot of
>regional vocabulary on top of Tagalog grammar.  A little like trying to
>combine Engl. and Dutch-- engl. words and pronunciation with Dutch
>grammar--
>wouldn't satisfy anyone!  Tagalog also probably didn't have the same
>widespread lingua franca status in the PI, as Malay (even bad forms) did
>in
>Indonesia.
No, Tagalog doesnt have a lot of regional vocabulary from around the
Philippines. And I think it's probably too late to change that now.
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>A final disturbing fact:  Some analysts suspect, and tradition/legendary
>history even suggests, that "Malay" itself is some kind of pidgin, or
>maybe
>better, koine.  The story goes that when the trading center at Malacca was
>founded, nobody could understand the various langs., so they took "the
>best"
>from each and created a new language!!!
I dont find that disturbing. I think it's very interesting. Couldnt you
say English has a similar situation? :)


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