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
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.