pidgin
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈpɪdʒɪn/
- Specialized
:
pidgin
- The workers used a simple pidgin to negotiate the terms of their contract.
- Pidgin English
- speak Pidgin
- pidgin languages
No, even in Cameroon we were speaking a little bit of the pigeon, but no, not too much.
- No, even in Cameroon we were speaking a little bit of the pigeon, but no, not too much.
- And that somehow pigeon, again, not the bird, but a language called pigeon, for reasons I don't know, harbors certain basic elements of all language.
- You speak at what's called patois, pigeon English, a combination of Dutch, French, English, Creole, Portuguese, all kind of mishmashed together.
- You speak at what's called patois, pigeon, English, a combination of Dutch, French, English, Creole, Portuguese, all kind of mishmash together.
- You speak what's called patois, pigeon, English, a combination of Dutch, French, English, Creole, Portuguese, all kind of mishmashed together.
Examples
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But you see, Father Dillingham, apart from being fluent in pidgin, speaks 31 native dialects.
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What should we think about a current book published as a Bible translation in pidgin?
Fiction book (2002) -
In this country where over 700 different languages are spoken, it was not surprising to find "pidgin" commonly used for communication.
Academic text (1994) -
"Now me take care of you," Tonto replies in his pidgin English.
Academic text (2013) -
He's an experienced trader and he speaks fluent pidgin.
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In the market, vendors often rely on pidgin to communicate with tourists from different countries.
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She learned to speak pidgin while living in the coastal village that had many foreign visitors.
Compounds
A simple talk using a mixed language to help speakers of different native languages understand each other
How Complex
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pidgin probably comes from how some people pronounced the word business when speakers of different languages used a simple English for trade, and that simple speech became known as a pidgin. So, a pidgin is a simple language people use to talk to each other for 'business' or work.