Lingua Franca, was Re: VMs: pidgins

[Elmar Vogt <elvogt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

William Edmondson wrote:

> Re pidgin
> ...
>
> There was - it was called Lingua Franca.  Mediterranean, possibly the 
> right sort of period for VMs.  
> William

http://www.uwm.edu/~corre/franca/go.html

seems to give a good survey on the Lingua Franca. (Unfortunately, it 
sometimes uses a pretty funky transcription.)

Here is a sample of the LF as used in the Mediterranean:

> Du visdo li belatsu dal Amiro? Dendro duddu sce: li filio dal Amiro, il molio dal Amiro. Anghe scyulày futàna ... ghè kìamatu questu? (Hai visto il palazzo dell'Emiro? Dentro c'è tutto: i figli dell'Emiro, la moglie dell'Emiro, c'è anche una fontana ... come si chiama?)
>
> You seen the palace from the Amir? Inside all there is: the sons from the Amir, the wife of the Amir. Also you have wench ... what called this? (Did you see the Emir's residence? Everything is in there: the Emir's children, his wives. There is even a fountain [in the garden] ... how do you call it?)
>
> Vedi ghè adèzzo uscirò. Sdo pensando per kuello el novo menistro dalli Esteri ghè gòllabboravamo dalla vekkia ambasciata. Ghè, el kuale, el vradêllo, ghè bella moglie ha a! (Adesso uscirò. Pensavo al nuovo ministro degli esteri, con cui collaboravamo all vecchia ambasciata. Suo fratello, che bella moglie che ha!)
>
> See that now I will go out. I am thinking for that the new minister from foreign affairs that we used to work with from the old embassy. That, which, the brother, what beautiful wife he has! (I am intent on leaving now, on an errand to the new minister for foreign affairs, the one with whom we used to work at the old embassy. His brother [intended: the brother of whom] what a beautiful wife he has. 

Although technichally LF would probably not be a bad candidate for the VM 
language, at first glance it doesn't appear to have the same characteristics 
as the VM. IMHO.

Tallyho,

	Elmar

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