Quiz/lhaksta kEmtEks?

The McDonald Family mcdonald at ISN.NET
Wed May 3 03:57:40 UTC 2000


At 08:51 PM 5/3/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>Qhata mayka?
>
>Qhanchi hayu dret IlI7i mayka kEmtEks, lhaska tayi-tIlIXEm wawa
>"pIjIn/kriyol nEsayka wawa"?
>
>How many sovereign nations can you name whose official languages are
>pidgins or creoles?

I'm almost certain that Papua New Guinea (Tok Pisin?) is one, that Haïti
(French Creole) is another, Tanzania (Swahili) yet another. Am I right on
any of these?

>Nayka tEmtEm lakEt or manak'i hayu...
>
>I think there are at least four...
>
>
>Dave

Randy McDonald
Charlottetown PE
Canada



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