(documentation TayBoiLanguage EnglishLanguage "The TayBoiLanguage is a FrenchBasedPidginLanguage of VietNam. SIL code: TAS. ISO 639-2: cpf. Region: Was used in the major ports of French Indo-China. Alternate names: TAY BOY, ANNAMITE FRENCH, VIETNAMESE PIDGIN FRENCH. Comments: Developed beginning in 1862. Influences from Vietnamese, French, English, Javanese, and Portuguese. It was used between French and Vietnamese until 1954, and in lower levels of administration, in the military, and by police. No longer spoken (1981 Wurm and Hattori). Extinct.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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