Asian Geographic

Kyakhta RussianChi­nese Pidgin 2000S

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Kyakhta, Mongolian-russian border This pidgin derives its name from a southern Siberian town known as Kyakhta and was an important language used by Russian and Chinese traders in the south of Lake Baikal from the early 18th to the middle of the 19th century. A daughter language known as Manchurian Russian-chinese Pidgin was formed in the second half of the 19th century as Russians gradually encroached upon Manchuria (northeast China). New Britain, Papua New Guinea Makolkol was spoken in the eastern part of the island of New Britain, in the Bismarck Archipelag­o. A 1988 survey revealed that there were just seven speakers left.

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