Re: [tied] IE Creoles? (was: Middle English Plurals)

> Would there have been IE creoles? Are there any Russian-based
> creoles? Are there any creoles in China? To have a creole, people
> must abandon their language, but not assimilate to another people.

Yes. The original poster was, however, using "creole" in an odd way, to
mean any language showing elements from two different sources. Therefore
any trade language would fit. I know these are not true creoles, but I
think that is what he meant, so I accept the likelihood of their existing.
We know, for example, of such languages in the Baltic (Finnish-Russian).

Peter