Tayo
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Tayo is a French- based Creole language spoken exclusively in the parish of St. Louis , New Caledonia . The number of native / second language speakers is currently estimated at 2,000 people.
history
The language emerged around 1870 from the need for interethnic communication between different Pacific residents ( Vanuatu , French Polynesia , Réunion , India , Malaysia , Java , West Africa and the West Indies ) and French convicts working in St. Louis for the production of sugar cane and rum were used.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Karin Speedy (2007): Colons, Créoles et Coolies: L'immigration réunionnaise en Nouvelle-Calédonie (XIXe siècle) et le tayo de Saint-Louis. In: Collection Lettres du Pacifique no. 7. Paris: L'Harmattan.
- ↑ NamepediA: Tayo
- ↑ Frogleap: What is "Tayo"?