Criollatina languages

Criollatina
Criollatina

Number of speakers	120-175 million
Spoken in	Ponant

Criollatina languages are languages of the Republic of the Ponant which is spoken by the Dunguna (non-indigenous) people speaking originally Romance languages : Catalan, Castillan, Italian...

Romance languages in the Ponant

Romance languages in the Ponant influenced each other.

Birth of Criollatina

To ease communication between peoples speaking other Romance languages, there were plenty of lingua francas spoken all around the country. Those lingua francas were called Criollatinas, more rarely Iberico. Those plenty of intercommunautary languages became normalized to give the Criollatina, which split into three forms : Western, Central, and Eastern. The Eastern dialects are more conservative than the western one, making the Eastern more comprehensible than the western.

Dialects

• Standard Criollatina
• Western Criollatina (Catalan-Italian-chavacano)
  • Terraverdian
  • Oceanian
  • Amaran
  • Marlandian
  • Western Lacanese
• Central Criollatina (Catalan-Italian based)
  • Eastern Lacanese
  • Barbudian
  • Nazalese
• Eastern Criollatina (Spanish-Italian based)
  • Estuariano
  • Jacuarese
  • Veracrucian
  • Zanguelinese
  • Tarracan
  • Puertonovan
  • Hispano-ombrian
  • Tanacal
  • Zacamorian
  • West-Zacamorian
  • Tomorucan
  • Tarasquese

Text in Criollatinas and in father languages

Text Si yo pudiera volar (si podyero bolá), from Manolo Escobar, translated into main dialects of Criollatina.

Standard dialect	Spanish	Catalan
Ay, si nayo ni puté tan paharito libre isa tạ po le forontere kurusá ku tulu liperetá Ay, si nayo ni puté tạ ikuali nka ninyo a ma toropo ku nga amiko menka na malitá pensá	Ay, si yo pudiera ser un libre pajarillo y cruzar por las fronteras con entera libertad. Ay, si yo pudiera ser igual que los chiquillos y jugar con los amigos sin pensar en la maldad.	Ai, si jo pogués ser un lliure ocellet i creuar per les fronteres amb tota llibertat. Ai, si jo pogués ser igual que els nois i jugar amb els amics sense pensar en la maldat.