> It developed from an earlier form of language called Parlyaree which had roots in Italian and rudimentary forms of language used for communication by sailors

> It developed from an earlier form of language called Parlyaree which had roots in Italian and rudimentary forms of language used for communication by sailors around the Mediterranean. > Polari itself had Parlyaree as a base, but once in Britain was supplemented with a wealth of slang terminology from different sources, including Cockney Rhyming Slang, backslang (pronouncing a word as if it was spelt backwards), French, Yiddish and American airforce slang. So perhaps its a dialect of Italian which borrows heavily from English? Or?