Quiz/lhaksta kEmtEks?

janilta janilta at J.EMAIL.NE.JP
Fri May 5 01:18:22 UTC 2000


Dave,

Well, some facts and dates now ;-)
In PNG, both Hiri Motu (/Police Motu) and Tok Pisin have official
status, together with English.
In Haiti, Kreyol became national language in 1983 and official language
in 1987 (always with French as official language).
In les Seychelles, Seselwa has official status (first official language)
since 1981, together with English and French.
I have the 4, wekna ?

I have recently read many articles about Afrikaans ('Afrikaanse
nederlands' in the 1925 Constitution) since you mentioned it as not
being a creole, and am still puzzled. 'Daughter language', 'partial
creole', or even 'creoloid'... Maybe the last term being the best
(blurred enough).

Cheers, Yann.



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