Pidgin English

Pidgin English

Pidgin English is a non-specific name used to refer to any of the many pidgin languages derived from English. English-based pidgins include:
*American Indian Pidgin English
*Bislama (Vanuatu Pidgin English)
*Broome Pidgin English
*Cameroonian Pidgin English
*Cape York Pidgin English
*Chinese Pidgin English
*Chukotka Pidgin English
*Fulani Pidgin English
*Ghanaian Pidgin English
*Hawaiian Pidgin English
*Japanese Bamboo English
*Japanese Pidgin English
*Korean Bamboo English
*Kru Pidgin English
*Liberian Interior Pidgin English
*Loyalty Islands Pidgin English
*Madras 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 English
*Pijin (Solomon Islands Pidgin English)
*Port Augusta Pidgin English
*Port Jackson Pidgin English
*Queensland Kanaka English
*Samoan Plantation Pidgin
*Taiwan Pidgin English
*Thai Pidgin English
*Togolese Pidgin English
*Tok Pisin (New Guinea Pidgin English)
*Torres Strait Pidgin English
*Vietnamese Pidgin English
*West African Pidgin English

References


*cite book |author=Smith, Norval |year=1994 |chapter=An annotated list of creoles, pidgins, and mixed languages |title=Pidgins and Creoles |editor=Jacque Arends, Pieter Muysken & Norval Smith |publisher=John Benjamins

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