Welcome to the Creolian Wiki!

This wiki provides an introduction to Neo Patwa, a language developed by Jens Wilkinson, as well as to Dunia Patwa, a former version of the same language, both belonging to what I call the Creolian project. This project is an attempt to form a sort of "world pidgin," a new international language created through a mixture of various languages (hence the use of the term Creolian).

The main idea behind this language is that with our increasingly globalized world, a new international language will eventually be born, and here I am proposing a structure for it. I am not proposing that this will be the final version. Rather, it is intended to be a sort of "peek preview."

Generally speaking, creole languages tend to have simplified grammar and phonology, accompanied by longer words and longer sentences to make up for deficiencies in the other areas. As you will see, Neo Patwa is essentially based on that idea. In creating it, I tried to take concepts and words fairly from a variety of existing languages. I hope you find it helpful. Access the following pages to learn more.

Neo Patwa (current project)

Introduction and Grammar / Phonology / Dictionary (PDF) / Grammatical Words / What's special about Neo Patwa?

Dunia Patwa (a former version)

Dictionary / Dictionary (PDF) / Phonology / Spelling / Grammatical Words / Background Information / Translation of the jellyfish and the monkey, an old Japanese tale.

Questions

1. Isn't it limiting to have such a small vocabulary?

2. Wouldn't it be easier to just have everybody in the world learn English?

Links

The two following projects are of special significance to the creation of Dunia Patwa: the Mulivo international vocabulary project, organized by Risto Kupsala, and the LangX project, organized by Antony Alexander.

Introductions in Other Languages

Nihongo / Espanol / Francais

Comments

If you have comments or criticisms, send them to the author.