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 most valuable of all talents is that of never using two
words when one will do.