Another pidgin

[Dave Robertson]

Those of you who know some French, Portuguese or Spanish might find this
interesting.

I picked up a book edited by Dore' Ogrizek, "South and Central Africa" (New
York: McGraw Hill, 1954), and on page 17 spotted this bit of obvious pidgin
reported by the Marquis de Compiegne as spoken by N'Combe at the confluence
of the Ogoue' and the N'Gounie:

"Miare N'Combe, rey pas [sic] todos, rey sobre todos, roi, king, king,
kingman."  (I am N'Combe, king of all, king over all, king, king, king man)

FWIW

--Dave R

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