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Pidgin

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A simplified form of speech that is usually a mixture of two or more languages, has a rudimentary grammar and vocabulary, is used for communication between groups speaking different languages, and is not spoken as a first or native language. Also called contact language.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. an amalgamation of two disparate languages, used by two populations having no common language as a lingua franca to communicate with each other, lacking formalized grammar and having a small, utilitarian vocabulary and no native speakers.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Business; affair; thing.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. an artificial language used for trade between speakers of different languages

Word Usage

""no got pidgin," and _pidgin English_ simply means a workable knowledge of colloquial English as picked up by tradesmen, servants and coolies, in contradistinction to English as taught in the schools."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

artificial language

Cross Reference

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Hyponym

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