Lingua Franca

PML

extinct

Alternate Names: ’Ajnabi, Aljamia, Ferenghi, Petit Mauresque, Sabir

Dialects: None known. Lexicon from Italian , and Occitan ,. Reportedly a present-day variety on Aegean Islands, used as pidgin in southeast Mediterranean region, has mainly Arabic syntax and vocabulary which is 65%–70% Italian ,, 10% Spanish ,, and other Catalan ,, French ,, Ladino ,, and Turkish , words.

Genealogy:

Pidgin
Romance based

Demographics: No known L1 speakers.

Language Development: Dictionary.

Nation of Origin: Tunisia

Other Comments: Documented in Jerba, Tunisia in 1353.