Bogspik

Bogspik(boogspik, [ˈboʊ̯ɣɕˈpiːkʲ]) is the primary English creole spoken by the Bog people. It is one of three official languages in the Smokey Dog Reservation, alongside Bògh(which is currently endangered) and English.

The endonym of the creole, boogspik, is derived from boog, "a Bog person"(from Bògh bòghunz) and spik, "language, dialect, accent, manner of speaking", which is derived from the verb spikim, "to speak, to communicate"(both of which are taken from English speak).

Bogspik initially developed as a collective pidgin between speakers of Bògh and English, before developing into a stable creole sometime in the early 20th century. Bogspik was first reported as its own language in 1915, when a newspaper article reported on the rift in communication between older, Bògh-speaking generations and younger English-speaking generations.