Pichinglis

Pichinglis

Pichinglis (also "pichi, pichingli, Pichingle," or "broken-inglis") was an English-based Creole spoken in Spanish territories during the colonial period. "Pichinglis" can refer to a trade pidgin used in the Canary Islands, but can also refer to a pidgin spoken in Spanish Guinea, on the island of Bioko (formerly "Fernando Po") in the Gulf of Guinea, where it served as a lingua franca. [ [http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2004/11/15/pirates-and-kleineckes-etymology-of-pidgin/ kalebeul » Pirates and Kleinecke’s etymology of “pidgin” ] ]

It has been suggested that the infusion of English words on Bioko was due to the use of contract laborers from Nigeria, who worked on the cacao plantations. [www.personal.psu.edu/jml34/esp-guin.pdf]

Pichinglis was stigmatized during the Franco regime. [www.personal.psu.edu/jml34/esp-guin.pdf]

ome words from Bioko Pichinglis

Canary Islands

Pichinglis on the Canary Islands was evident in the form of many "anglo-canarismos" (Anglo-Canarianisms), such as "arrojar" (to vomit), which is a calque of “to throw”; "papas kineguas, chinequas, or quineguas" (derived from the name of the variety of "King Edward" potatoes); [ [http://www.libertaddigital.com/index.php?action=desaopi&cpn=28143 Libertad Digital - Amando de Miguel - Diccionario Digital de Trabucamientos ] ] [ [http://www.terra.es/personal2/pagina_de_fuika/diccio.htm Diccionario de palabras canarias ] ] ; "esmoche" (car accident, car crash), which comes from "smashed"; "winche" or "güinche", which derives from “winch.” [ [http://www.etnografo.com/ingles_en_espana.htm Las rutas del inglés en España ] ]

ee also

*Canarian Spanish

Notes

External links

*es icon [http://www.asodegue.org/hdojmc31.htm Historia de Guinea]
* [http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2004/11/15/pirates-and-kleineckes-etymology-of-pidgin/ About pidgins]
* [http://www.personal.psu.edu/jml34/sww.pdf PDF]
*es icon [http://www.nuestra-guinea.com/Galeria/thumbnails.php?album=52 This gallery includes a scanned page of a Pichinglis dictionary/grammar book] , "Dialecto inglés africano de la colonia española del Golfo de Guinea", R.P. Mariano de Zarco, C.M.F., 1938, H. Proost y Cía, Turhhout, Belgium.
*es icon [http://www.etnografo.com/ingles_en_espana.htm El inglés en España]
*es icon [http://www.terra.es/personal2/pagina_de_fuika/diccio.htm Diccionario de palabras canarias]


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