Languages in Contact (Word List)

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Title	Languages in Contact
Resource Type	Word List
Site	Languages in Contact
Description	Forms of language contact : contact languages, pidgins, creole, mixed languages, ... A mixed language is often a de facto conlang : Media Lengua-ga asi Ingichu-munda Castallanu-da abla-na kiri-xu-sha Media Lengua-TOP thus Quechua-from Spanish-ACC talk-NOM want-PROG-SUB "Media Lengua is like this, if you want to go from talking Quechua to Spanish, no abla-naku-ndu-mi asi chaupi-ga Castallanu laya, i chaupa-ga Ingichu laya abla-ri-na ga-n. not talk-PL-SUB-AFF thus half-TOP Spanish like and half-TOP Quechua like talk-REFL-NOM be-3 but you can't, then you talk half like Spanish and half like Quechua."
Submitted By	Henri Gérard Wajsbrot
Date Submitted	Thursday, August 14, 2003
Date Edited	Thursday, August 14, 2003
Date To Headline	Thursday, August 14, 2003