Re: question - Turco-Japanese (a thought experiment for the group here)

--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Rodlox <Rodlox@H...> wrote:

>Got a thought experiment for everyone...remember, there is no wrong
>answer (last I checked)... I once read that the bulk of Chingis
>Khaan's army was composed of >Turkic soldiers. I also read that the
>Mongol army twice attempted to invade Japan.
>What if one of those invasion attempts had been succeessful to at
>least a small degree? What would a Turco-Japanese creole or hybrid
>language be like?  whose grammar do you think it would resemble
>more? Any quirks that might appear, based upon tendencies among the
>speakers of the parent populations?  Thoughts?

What a cool question! I don't know enough about either language to
answer, but it puts one in mind of other abortive invasions.

On a much smaller scale, I have an example of this.  We now have many
Mexicans in our parish and they decided to put on a kermis to raise
money.  Apparently it's a well-established custom in Mexico.  Well, I
knew the word wasn't Spanish and it didn't appear to be Aztecan, so I
looked it up.  The origin?  Kirk and messe, church Mass from the
French.  It doesn't involve Mass any more, just good eats.  I'm
wondering if the word was introduced by the French troops in the
1800s.  We raised $800!  Incidentally, in Spanish the spelling is
kermés.

Charlie

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