Re: How did Pidgin English develop?

From: John Swindle (jcswindle_at_msn.deletethispart.com)
Date: 03/21/05 

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 11:56:03 GMT

"Marc Adler" <marc@adlerpacific.com> wrote in message
news:423DBB35.2070204@adlerpacific.com...
> John Swindleek idatzi du 3/16/2005 11:01 PM:
>
>> Right, people arriving in Hawaii learn English or Hawaii Creole
>> English or sometimes neither. I haven't heard of a new pidgin. People
>> might still exist who speak the old one. They'd be very old. Spanish
>> and Hawaiian are both clearly increasing, by the way, although I can't
>> imagine that either is among the top ten languages spoken.
>
> Da actual maoli Hawaiian?
>
> Filipino (dunno which one) and Korean are definitely in the top ten,
> although it's a class thing. Go some high-class kine grinds, all you
> here is da kepani, brah.
>

Of course tourism increases the presence of the Japanese
language in Hawaii. I don't really know what the top ten are.
Does the US Census keep track? I figure Spanish is growing
because I hear it more, and I figure Hawaiian is growing
because at least I hear it sometimes now,

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