TAY BOI: a n extinct language of Viet Nam

The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.

SIL code: TAS

ISO 639-2: cpf

Region Was used in the major ports of French Indo-China.
Alternate names   TAY BOY, ANNAMITE FRENCH, VIETNAMESE PIDGIN FRENCH
Classification Pidgin, French based.
Comments Developed beginning in 1862. Influences from Vietnamese, French, English, Javanese, and Portuguese. It was used between French and Vietnamese until 1954, and in lower levels of administration, in the military, and by police. No longer spoken (1981 Wurm and Hattori). Extinct.

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