Re[4]: [tied] Re: Volcae and Volsci

At 6:17:06 PM on Monday, April 7, 2008, Rick McCallister
wrote:

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> I think the question here is the definition of creole or
> how much contact it takes to create a creole language or
> if another term, e.g. Mischsprache may be more accurate. A
> creole is a language with more than one parent.

But not all languages with more than one parent are creoles.
As I use the term, a creole is a creolized pidgin or the
result of so-called abrupt creolization under certain
circumstances that permit the pidgin stage to be bypassed.
Michif is not a creole, but it is a mixed language with Cree
as primary parent and French as secondary parent.

Brian