Name: Anonymous 2007-11-18 7:11
I have a question about the alphabets used for pidgin languages.
Suppose some spanish sailors needed to communicate with arab traders back in the day. I know they'd use a pidgin- spanich vocabulary and arab grammar or vice versa- but which lphabet would they use? Would they use the arabic or the latin, or a constructed one?
What I'm really asking is what factors go into deciding?
Suppose some spanish sailors needed to communicate with arab traders back in the day. I know they'd use a pidgin- spanich vocabulary and arab grammar or vice versa- but which lphabet would they use? Would they use the arabic or the latin, or a constructed one?
What I'm really asking is what factors go into deciding?