Japanese Bamboo English

Japanese Bamboo English

Infobox Language
name=Japanese Bamboo English
region=Japan
speakers=—
familycolor=Creole
family=English-based pidgin
iso2=cpe

Japanese Bamboo English is an English-based pidgin that was spoken between American military personnel and the Japanese in occupied Japan after the Second World War. Recently it has been most widely used in Okinawa, [Smith (1994): p. 343.] where there is a significant U.S. military presence.

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References

*cite book |author=Smith, Norval |year=1994 |chapter=An annotated list of creoles, pidgins, and mixed languages |editor=Jacques Arends, Pieter Muysken, Norval Smith (eds.) |title=Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction |location=Amsterdam, Philadelphia |publisher=John Benjamins |pages=pp. 331–374
*cite journal |author=Norman, Arthur M. Z. |year=1955 |title=Bamboo English: The Japanese Influence Upon American Speech |journal=American Speech |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=pp. 44–48 |doi=10.2307/454192

ee also

*United States Forces Japan
*Korean Bamboo English


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