Russenorsk - a Russian-Norwegian language, which existed from 1750 to 1914





Russenorsk, russonorsk (NOK. Russenorsk, Russonorsk), or "My-on-yours" (Norw. Moja på tvoja) - Mixed Russian-Norwegian, serving the communication Pomeranian and Norwegian traders on the northern coast of Norway.

There was from 1750 to 1914, when the sea was an active trade in grain and fish between Norway and Pomerania.

In Russenorsk recorded about 400 words, 50% of the vocabulary - in the Norwegian language, 40% - of Russian, the rest borrowed from English, Dutch, Low German, Finnish and Sami. Grammar and phonetics are extremely simplified.

Source: ru.wikipedia.org

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