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to by its speakers as "Pidgin". The term jargon has also been used to refer to pidgins, and is found in the names of some pidgins, such as Chinook Jargon

quickest way to do this was to develop a pidgin; in turn, full creole languages developed from these pidgins. In addition to creoles that have European

Pidgin is mostly considered as a Pacific creole language rather than Atlantic, this is further mentioned in John Holm's "An Introduction to Pidgins and

interesting similarities between the English pidgins and creoles of West Africa and the English pidgins and creoles of the Caribbean, as does the presence

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

demographically stable creole language. It did, however, evolve from various real pidgins spoken as common languages between ethnic groups in Hawaiʻi. Although not

originating from a Pidgin language. Pidgin may also refer to: Any one of several particular Pidgin languages commonly called "Pidgin". Pidgin (software), an

Japanese Pidgin English is any of several English-based pidgins spoken or influenced by the Japanese. Cape York Japanese Pidgin English, spoken in the

pidgins and creoles throughout history, including a number of new ones emerging today. These share a common ancestry, and incipient immigrant pidgins

Pidgin Wolof is a pidgin language based on Wolof, spoken in the Gambia. Norval Smith (1994). "26. An annotated list of creoles, pidgins, and mixed languages"