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List of English-based pidgins

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Pidgin English is a non-specific name used to refer to any of the many pidgin languages derived from English. English-based pidgins include:

See also

  • In Jack London's story "Yah! Yah! Yah!", one of his "South Sea Tales", there is a reference to 'a bastard lingo called "bech-de-mer"', and much of the story's dialogue is conducted in it[1].


References

  • Smith, Norval (1994). "An annotated list of creoles, pidgins, and mixed languages". In Jacque Arends, Pieter Muysken & Norval Smith (ed.). Pidgins and Creoles. John Benjamins.