Rose Island Creole: Difference between revisions

The language emerged during the Second Great Migration(Rose Island Creole: ''uaslo la''; Esperanto: ''La dua granda alveno''), a period between 1981-1994 where thousands of migrants from across the world arrived in the rapidly expanding and economically developing Republic of Rose Island, where contact between primarily already Esperantist inhabitants with the vastly non-Esperantist new arrivals led to the need for a [[w:Pidgin language|pidgin language]] to facilitate communication. Vocabulary is derived from many sources, with standard Esperanto making a surprisingly small ~25% of it. The grammar is also completely unique from Esperanto and takes inspiration from many sources, though some have noticed similarities with [[w:Haitian Creole|Haitian Creole]]. As such, Rose Island Creole is mostly mutually unintelligible with standard Esperanto.

| ''fal'''i''''' || ''fal'''ea''''' || rowspan=3 | ''fal'''us''''' || rowspan=3 | ''fal'''u''''' || rowspan=3 | ''fal'''ej'''''

| ''fal'''o''''' || ''fal'''ua'''''

Rose Island Creole only uses the verb ''ei'' "to be" as an existential ("there is") verb, and only as a copula when the [[#Pro-dropping|pronoun is dropped]]. The existential ''ei'' is conjugated based on tense: ''a'' for present, ''e'' for past and ''o'' for future tense. For example:

: ''A jundo ci la.''

: "There is a dog there."

(In Esperanto: ''Estas hundo tie.'') ''ei'' is also used to mark the [[w:Participle|passive participle]], as in ''mi levya'' "I am rising" and ''mi '''a''' levya'' "''lit.'' I am being risen; I am being carried upwards". In all other cases, copula is dropped, as in:

: ''Vetero la adka, ĉelo la blua.''

 

| Ar pli tad! || Ĝis revido! || See you later!

| Danki mual || Koran dankon || Thank you very much

{{UNHCR|text=Cuje womo nacit libelib k wotuwotu na garimo k na je rajto. Li je tis av gwotwan k migwotwan, k devus carufej lyala na a fradewa swolo.}}