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From: "Lenderink, dr. E." <lenderin@natlab.research.philips.com>
Subject: Re: Unknown language (-sorry :-))
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Thorgeir Holm wrote:
> 
> Yesterday, I heard on what was appearantly a Dutch radio channel a for
> me unknown language. It seemed to contain some Dutch loanwords, and I
> snapped up some fragments:
> 
> hamluk
> ...dZe
> ...te-he
> samrag...
> positiv
> hari
> kilie...
> arute...
> katori
> ...gemehe
> radZahan...
> mudZi
> demostratsi...
> hollant
> meholi
> 
> Is there anyone who reckognizes this, so that I may get my good night's
> sleep back?
> 

I don't recognize the words in your list, but I think it is most likely 
you heard Sranantongo or Papiamentu, which are languages spoken in 
Surinam and the Netherlands Antilles. They originated from creole 
languages based on Spanish, English, Dutch and maybe also some African 
and Native American languages. As many speakers of Sranantongo and 
Papiamentu now live in Holland, words for "new concepts" are often 
directly taken from Dutch.

Egbert.

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