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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 SpokenHumanLanguages have a codified written form.
Children AmerindianPidginLanguageAn AmerindianPidginLanguage is a PidginLanguage based on an Amerindian language.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 EnglishBasedPidginLanguageAn EnglishBasedPidginLanguage is a PidginLanguage based on the EnglishLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 HausaBasedPidginLanguageA HausaBasedPidginLanguage is a PidginLanguage based on the HausaLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 IhaBasedPidginLanguageAn IhaBasedPidginLanguage is a PidginLanguage based on the IhaLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 MalayBasedPidginLanguageA MalayBasedPidginLanguage is a PidginLanguage based on the MalayLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 MascoianBasedPidginLanguageA MascoianBasedPidginLanguage is a PidginLanguage based on the MascoianLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 MotuBasedPidginLanguageA MotuBasedPidginLanguage is a PidginLanguage based on the MotuLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 OninBasedPidginLanguageAn OninBasedPidginLanguage is a PidginLanguage based on the OninLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 RomanceBasedPidginLanguageA RomanceBasedPidginLanguage is a PidginLanguage based on a RomanceLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 SwahiliBasedPidginLanguageA SwahiliBasedPidginLanguage is a PidginLanguage based on the SwahiliLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 ZuluBasedPidginLanguageA ZuluBasedPidginLanguage is a PidginLanguage based on the ZuluLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
InstancesNdyukaTrioPidginLanguageThe 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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