Showing posts with label Gulf. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gulf. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Gulf Arabic (and Hindi?) Pidgin
It should be unsurprising that a pidgin trade-Arabic has evolved in the Gulf, given the incredibly large proportion of the population from non-Arabic-speaking countries. But this is the first info I've seen on it online. Not much actual detail (I would add the word siida "straight ahead"), but it also mentions a pidgin Hindi, which is more surprising. Sounds worth investigating...
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