Basque–Icelandic pidgin
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basque-icelandic-pidgin-182-12412950
title:
Basque–Icelandic pidgin
text:
The Basque–Icelandic pidgin was a Basque-based pidgin spoken in Iceland during the 17th century. It consisted of Basque, Germanic, and Romance words. Basque whale hunters who sailed to the Icelandic Westfjords used the pidgin as a means of rudimentary communication with locals. It might have developed in Westfjords, where manuscripts were written in the language, but since it had influences from many other European languages, it is more likely that it was created elsewhere and brought to Iceland
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description:
Extinct Basque-based pidgin spoken in Iceland in the 17th century
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque%E2%80%93Icelandic_pidgin
date created:
2007-08-29T13:59:57Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T09:57:29Z
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