Dunia Patwa (Creolian)

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ConlangDunia Patwa (Creolian)
AuthorJens Wilkinson
Year Began2005
Language Typeinternational auxiliary language
Lexicon Size1000
EtymologiesYes
GrammarYes
Sample TextsYes
PrimerYes

Dunia Patwa (Creolian) is an international language and was created by Jens Wilkinson.

Language sources

For the vocabulary, makes use of natural languages (English, Chinese, Japanese, Indonesian, Spanish, and Swahili), as well as Ceqli, Dunia, Unish, Toki Pona. In some cases, uses vocabulary derived from Creoles such as Tok Pisin, Bislama, Sranan, etc.

Design principles

Based on a vision of what a "world creole" might be. Vocabulary is completely a posteriori, taken from natural languages, partly based on the Mulivo project. Grammar is influenced by Chinese, but also based on what creole- or pidgin-type languages typically do.

External link

http://patwa.pbwiki.com