Associations to the word «Pidgin»
Noun
- Lingua
- Phonology
- Vanuatu
- Lexicon
- Vocabulary
- Nigerian
- Cameroon
- Papua
- Morphology
- Linguistics
- Malay
- Zulu
- Lan
- English
- Language
- Inflection
- Linguist
- Grammar
- Dialect
- Speaker
- Guinea
- Linguistic
- Leone
- Verb
- Contact
- Pronoun
- Niger
- European
- Hawaii
- Torres
- Solomon
- Slang
- Plantation
- Portuguese
- Noun
- Delaware
- Aboriginal
- Sierra
- Similarity
- African
- Congo
- Substrate
- Nigeria
- Tongue
- Dutch
- Variety
- Mixture
- Islander
- Client
- Spanish
- Variation
- Strait
- Phrase
- Dictionary
- Japanese
- Holm
- Hypothesis
- Context
- Yoruba
- Origin
- Communication
- Slave
- Overview
- Syntax
- Speech
- French
- Africa
Adjective
Wiktionary
PIDGIN, noun. (linguistics) an amalgamation of two disparate languages, used by two populations having no common language as a lingua franca to communicate with each other, lacking formalized grammar and having a small, utilitarian vocabulary and no native speakers.
Dictionary definition
PIDGIN, noun. An artificial language used for trade between speakers of different languages.
Wise words
The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and
nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar
words.