Pidgin English
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Pidgin English is a non-specific name used to refer to any of the many pidgin
languages derived from English
. English-based pidgins include:
Pidgin
A pidgin , or pidgin language, is a simplified language that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups that do not have a language in common. It is most commonly employed in situations such as trade, or where both groups speak languages different from the language of the...
languages derived from English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. English-based pidgins include:
- American Indian Pidgin EnglishAmerican Indian Pidgin EnglishAmerican Indian Pidgin English - is an English-based pidgin spoken by Native Americans. It is mentioned in World Englishes, by Andy Kirkpatrick as one of many factors influencing American English....
- Bislama (Vanuatu Pidgin English, also called Bêche-de-mer)
- Broome Pearling Lugger PidginBroome Pearling Lugger PidginBroome Pearling Lugger Pidgin is a pidgin that sprung up in Broome, Western Australia in the early 20th century to facilitate communication between the various groups working in the pearling industry there—Japanese, Malays, Torres Strait Islanders, Koepangers, Hakka Chinese, Filipinos, a small...
- Cameroonian Pidgin EnglishCameroonian Pidgin EnglishCameroonian Pidgin English, or Cameroonian Creole, is a language variety of Cameroon. It is also known as Kamtok . Five varieties are currently recognised:...
- Cape York Pidgin EnglishTorres Strait CreoleTorres Strait Creole is an English-based creole language spoken on several Torres Strait Islands , Northern Cape York and South-Western Coastal Papua...
- Chinese Pidgin EnglishChinese Pidgin EnglishChinese Pidgin English is a Pidgin language between English and Chinese. From the 17th to the 19th centuries, there was also Chinese Pidgin English spoken in Cantonese-speaking portions of China...
- Chukotka Pidgin English
- Fernando Poo Creole EnglishFernando Poo Creole EnglishFernando Po Creole is one of the names under which the English-lexicon Creole of Bioko Island is known...
- Fulani Pidgin English
- Ghanaian Pidgin English
- Hawaiian Pidgin English
- Japanese Bamboo EnglishJapanese Bamboo EnglishJapanese Bamboo English was a Japanese Pidgin English developed after the Second World War, that was spoken between American military personnel and the Japanese in occupied Japan. Recently it has been most widely used in Okinawa, where there is a significant U.S. military presence....
- Japanese Pidgin EnglishJapanese Pidgin EnglishJapanese Pidgin English is an English-based pidgin that was spoken in Japanese ports, such as Yokohama, in the 19th century....
- Korean Bamboo English
- Kru Pidgin English
- Liberian Interior Pidgin English
- Loyalty Islands Pidgin English
- Madras Tamil Pidgin English
- Maori Pidgin English
- Micronesian Pidgin English
- Nauru Chinese Pidgin English
- New Caledonian Pidgin English
- Newfoundland Pidgin English
- Nigerian Pidgin English
- Northern Territory Pidgin EnglishAustralian Kriol languageKriol is an Australian creole language that developed initially in the region of Sydney and Newcastle in New South Wales in the early days of White colonisation, and then moved west and north with White and Black stockmen and others...
- PichinglisPichinglisPichinglis, commonly referred to by its speakers as Pichi and Fernando Poo Creole, is an Atlantic English-lexicon Creole language spoken on the island of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea Pichinglis, commonly referred to by its speakers as Pichi and Fernando Poo Creole, is an Atlantic English-lexicon Creole...
(Bioko Island) - Pijin (blong Solomon)Pijin languagePijin is also referred to as Kanaka and is a language spoken in the Solomon Islands. It is closely related to Tok Pisin of Papua New Guinea; Bislama of Vanuatu; and Torres Strait Creole of the Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia and is written in the Latin alphabet.As of 1999 there were 306,984...
(Solomon Islands Pidgin English) - Port Augusta Pidgin English
- Port Jackson Pidgin English
- Queensland Kanaka EnglishQueensland Kanaka EnglishQueensland Kanaka English, Queensland Canefields English or Queensland Plantation Pidgin English is an English-based pidgin language that was spoken by Melanesian labourers in Queensland, Australia from the late 1860s....
- Scottish Pidgin English
- Sierra Leone Pidgin English
- Samoan Plantation PidginSamoan Plantation PidginSamoan Plantation Pidgin is an English-based pidgin language that was spoken by plantation workers in Samoa. It is closely related to Tok Pisin, due to the large number of New Guinean laborers in Samoa....
- Taiwan Pidgin English
- Thai Pidgin English
- Togolese Pidgin English
- Tok PisinTok PisinTok Pisin is a creole spoken throughout Papua New Guinea. It is an official language of Papua New Guinea and the most widely used language in that country...
(New Guinea Pidgin English) - Torres Strait Pidgin English
- Vietnamese Pidgin English
- West African Pidgin EnglishWest African Pidgin EnglishWest African Pidgin English, also called Guinea Coast Creole English, was the lingua franca, or language of commerce, spoken along the West African coast during the period of the Atlantic slave trade...
See also
- EngrishEngrishrefers to unusual forms of English language usage by native speakers of some East Asian languages. The term itself relates to Japanese speakers' tendency to inadvertently substitute the English phonemes "R" and "L" for one another, because the Japanese language has one alveolar consonant in place...
- SiculishSiculishSiculish is the "Sicilianization" of English language words and phrases by immigrants from Sicily to the United States in the early 20th century, usually for humorous effect, or out of necessity. Many times, Siculish was used to Sicilianize the names of American places among immigrant communities,...
- SwenglishSwenglishSwenglish is a colloquial term meaning either:*English spoken with a heavy Swedish accent*English spoken or written as heavily influenced by Swedish vocabulary, grammar, or syntax- English heavily influenced by Swedish :- Pronunciation :...
- World EnglishesWorld EnglishesWorld Englishes refers to the emergence of localised or indigenised varieties of English, especially varieties that have developed in nations colonised by Great Britain or influenced by the United States...
- In Jack LondonJack LondonJohn Griffith "Jack" London was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone...
's story "Yah! Yah! Yah!", one of his "South Sea Tales (1911)South Sea Tales (1911)South Sea Tales is a collection of short stories written by Jack London. Most stories are set in island communities, like those of Hawaii, or are set aboard a ship.-List of Stories:*The House of Mapuhi*The Whale Tooth*Mauki*"Yah! Yah! Yah!"...
", there is a reference to 'a bastard lingo called "bech-de-mer"', and much of the story's dialogue is conducted in it s:South Sea Tales/"Yah! Yah! Yah!". - Imperial BedroomImperial BedroomImperial Bedroom is a 1982 album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. It was the second Costello album, along with Almost Blue, not produced by Nick Lowe, the production duties handled by Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick...
, an album by Elvis Costello including the song "Pidgin English"