Tay Boi

A language of Viet Nam

ISO 639: tas
Alternate Names: Annamite French, Tay Boy, Vietnamese Pidgin French
Population: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker died in 1954.
Location:: Scattered, probably mostly urban.
Language Status: 10 (Extinct).
Classification: Pidgin, French based
Dialects: None known. Influences from Vietnamese [vie], French [fra], English [eng], Javanese [jav], and Portuguese [por].
Language Use: Developed about 1862. Spoken in French colonial households between male Vietnamese servants and their employers. Lower levels of administration, the military, and police.

Location: Scattered, probably mostly urban.