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As the term "creole" is used in linguistics, it means a language that: a) started as a contact language, and b) has become the mother tongue of a group. So, I t
by wrp 3y ago
As the term "creole" is used in linguistics, it means a language that: a) started as a contact language, and b) has become the mother tongue of a group. So, I think you might be right, because Spanglish originated as a speech among English-Spanish bilinguals rather than as a contact language between English and Spanish communities. If Spanglish became the mother tongue of a group who couldn't speak Spanish or English, then, well...I'm not sure.
- afiori 3y agoI had no intentions to opine on b) but according to alehlopeh a few levels up [0] it might be true [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36383907 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36383907