Pidgin Creole

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  • Created by: Anaiya17
  • Created on: 01-03-18 15:01

Pidgin Creole

A pidgin is a simplified language that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups that do not have a language in common.

A creole is a language that has originated from a pidgin that has becoe nativised (that is acquired by children as their primary language)

Pidgin

  • Between 17th & 19th century, 4 million Africans were taken to the Caribbean as slaves
  • Slave traders deliberately mixed them up so only few spoke the same language or from the same tribe
  • This meant new languages, called pidgins were created

Pidgin to Creole

  • Languages have limited vocabulary, simples grammatical structure
  • Have their own rules e.g. trading in the main purpose behind chinook jargon
  • Pidgins cease to exist with no purpose
  • Sometimes a pidgin becomes the first language of the next generations when it is no longer a pidgin, it's a creole.
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