tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post1590132927195664975..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: Guess the Languagegcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-49761649702786116382012-09-21T05:51:38.281-04:002012-09-21T05:51:38.281-04:00Talk about a linguistic mind-F. If you will excus...Talk about a linguistic mind-F. If you will excuse my French. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-67357775073928624232012-09-19T21:56:10.849-04:002012-09-19T21:56:10.849-04:00Yes, the language is Saramaccan, a creole of Engli...Yes, the language is Saramaccan, a creole of English, Portuguese, Fongbe, and other African languages, spoken in Surinam. The vocabulary is 50% English and 35% Portuguese.<br /><br />The quote is Eve talking to Adam, by the way.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-11467141370880965312012-09-19T20:45:09.471-04:002012-09-19T20:45:09.471-04:00English?English?Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221537769343338514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-35264652113792431362012-09-19T20:31:18.002-04:002012-09-19T20:31:18.002-04:00But Andy, by translating "luku" as "...But Andy, by translating "luku" as "look," you should have gotten one of the other main ingredients.<br /><br />And no, no Japanese.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-51567540014933623442012-09-19T20:11:04.322-04:002012-09-19T20:11:04.322-04:00Portugese-Japanese, from the Japanese colonization...Portugese-Japanese, from the Japanese colonization of Brazil?Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221537769343338514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-92565650660131582012-09-19T13:49:01.090-04:002012-09-19T13:49:01.090-04:00Good guess, Andy. One of the languages going into ...Good guess, Andy. One of the languages going into this creole is Portuguese.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-48986171394409444442012-09-19T12:33:41.490-04:002012-09-19T12:33:41.490-04:00My uneducated guess, arrived at by reading it alou...My uneducated guess, arrived at by reading it aloud until it meant something: some pidgin or creole including Spanish as a parent, meaning "woah man, look there. I could die for a taco now."Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221537769343338514noreply@blogger.com