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হোমঅভিধানPpidgin

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pidgin

pidgin
Noun
pl: pidgins

A pidgin is a functional, makeshift language created for basic communication, typically in trade or colonial contexts. It is characterized by a limited vocabulary and a simplified grammar, lacking the complexity of a native language because it is learned as a second language by all its speakers.

It is crucial to distinguish a pidgin from a creole. While a pidgin is a transitional tool used by adults for specific purposes, a creole develops when a pidgin becomes the first language of a new generation, evolving into a full, complex linguistic system with its own stable grammar and expanded lexicon.

Meanings

Nounpidgin

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

The traders used a pidgin to negotiate prices in the port.

Examples

The sailors developed a basic pidgin to communicate with the locals.

The sailors developed a basic pidgin to communicate with the locals.

History

I wonder if this dialect started as a pidgin before becoming a full language.

School Life

They spoke a crude pidgin that barely allowed for basic trade.

They spoke a crude pidgin that barely allowed for basic trade.

History

We managed to get by using a makeshift pidgin of English and Spanish.

We managed to get by using a makeshift pidgin of English and Spanish.

Travel

A pidgin usually lacks the complex grammar of a native tongue.

A pidgin usually lacks the complex grammar of a native tongue.

School Life

The two groups relied on a trade pidgin to exchange goods.

The two groups relied on a trade pidgin to exchange goods.

History

It is just a pidgin and not a fully developed language.

He spoke in a broken pidgin that was hard to understand.

Travel

Many creoles evolve from an earlier pidgin.

Many creoles evolve from an earlier pidgin.

School Life

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