tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912128619655785472.post7073289565403786776..comments2023-11-07T00:44:25.605-08:00Comments on Sprachschaffunganmerkungen: Toki Pona -- a simple languageKaliputrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07907752362236005308noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912128619655785472.post-29839154049299357162009-08-07T19:42:46.542-07:002009-08-07T19:42:46.542-07:00A comment about pidgins. A real pidgin has a spec...A comment about pidgins. A real pidgin has a specific function: To get things done. The resulting language is a kind of "best we can" compromise. If the speakers of a pidgin could instantly learn another language, they would, so toki pona is something quite different.<br /><br />One way that this becomes obvious is with the number system. In every pidgin and creole language I've seen, numbers are borrowed wholesale from another language--often intact. In the cases where they're not, "sensical" compounds are constructed (maybe "wanten" instead of "eleven"). If tp were like those language, "tri", "for", "faif", etc. would follow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com