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The Basque-Icelandic Pidgin: History’s Strangest Mix

In the 17th century, Basque whalers and Icelandic farmers developed one of history's most unlikely languages: a pidgin combining the…

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The Language of the Sea: How Maritime Pidgin Shaped Global Communication

Long before English dominated global communication, the world's oceans were a linguistic laboratory where sailors, merchants, and pirates forged simplified…

6 months ago

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