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PidginLanguage
A
PidginLanguage
is not the native language of anyone but is used as an auxiliary or supplemental language between two mutually unintelligible speech communities. Pidgins are reduced languages, characterized by having a limited vocabulary and a simple grammar which serve to satisfy basic communication needs. Historically these languages have primarily arisen in trade centers and plantations (with slaves from different language backgrounds), areas where large groups of people lacking a common language need to communicate. By definition, a pidgin has no native speakers, it is always a person's second (or more) language.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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Parents
SpokenHumanLanguage
A
SpokenHumanLanguage
is a
HumanLanguage
which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all
SpokenHumanLanguage
s have a codified written form.
Children
AmerindianPidginLanguage
An
AmerindianPidginLanguage
is a
PidginLanguage
based on an Amerindian language.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
EnglishBasedPidginLanguage
An
EnglishBasedPidginLanguage
is a
PidginLanguage
based on the
EnglishLanguage
.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
HausaBasedPidginLanguage
A
HausaBasedPidginLanguage
is a
PidginLanguage
based on the
HausaLanguage
.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
IhaBasedPidginLanguage
An
IhaBasedPidginLanguage
is a
PidginLanguage
based on the IhaLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
MalayBasedPidginLanguage
A
MalayBasedPidginLanguage
is a
PidginLanguage
based on the
MalayLanguage
.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
MascoianBasedPidginLanguage
A
MascoianBasedPidginLanguage
is a
PidginLanguage
based on the
MascoianLanguage
.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
MotuBasedPidginLanguage
A
MotuBasedPidginLanguage
is a
PidginLanguage
based on the MotuLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
OninBasedPidginLanguage
An
OninBasedPidginLanguage
is a
PidginLanguage
based on the
On
inLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
RomanceBasedPidginLanguage
A
RomanceBasedPidginLanguage
is a
PidginLanguage
based on a
RomanceLanguage
.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
SwahiliBasedPidginLanguage
A
SwahiliBasedPidginLanguage
is a
PidginLanguage
based on the
SwahiliLanguage
.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
ZuluBasedPidginLanguage
A
ZuluBasedPidginLanguage
is a
PidginLanguage
based on the
ZuluLanguage
.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
Instances
NdyukaTrioPidginLanguage
The
NdyukaTrioPidginLanguage
is a
PidginLanguage
of
Suriname
. SIL code: NJT. ISO 639-2: crp. Population: No estimate available. Region: Southern Suriname, upper Tapanahonij River. Comments: Formerly used until the 1960s by the Ndyuka and Trio and Wayana peoples for trading. Increasing travel by the Indians to the coast at that time cut back on that trade, and also gave some of them opportunity to use Sranan in contact with the Ndyuka. Many Ndyuka men in their 30s or older now do not know it. Scarcely used at all now. Trade language. Second language only.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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