I view Indonesian as a model for Tradetalk. A language made up of pieces
from other nearby languages. Designed for simple communications and
trading. One prime example is *no tenses*. Instead of "I will go" or "I
went", you say "Tommorrow I go" or "Yesterday I go".
The first word Issaries teaches you is "Mahaal", which means "expensive".
The standard response when quoted any price. :-)
Morgan Conrad