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Pidgin & Creole

Pidgin & Creole. By: Atte, Silja and Randolph. What is it ?. Pidgin: Simplified language between two or more different groups of people ( that don’t speak the same language ). Pidgin doesn’t last unless it becomes a creole . Vocabulary derives from one of the languages .

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Pidgin & Creole

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  1. Pidgin & Creole By: Atte, Silja and Randolph

  2. What is it? Pidgin: • Simplifiedlanguagebetweentwoormoredifferentgroups of people (thatdon’tspeak the samelanguage). • Pidgin doesn’tlastunlessitbecomes a creole. • Vocabularyderivesfromone of the languages. • No grammaticalrules. Creole • A languagethatwasoriginally a pidgin butbacame an officiallanguage. • Mostvocabularyoriginatesfromparentlanguage. • Hasitsowngrammatical set of rules.

  3. When and where is itused? Pidgin • Used when two people with different languages need to communicate with each other • E.g. African slaves from different regions created a pidgin Creole • Used as a language at homes and schools. • A language that a community knows • Can be an official language

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  5. New Guinea (Tok Pisin) • Based on English, Melanesian languages and German • Examples: • Welcome: welkam • How are you: yu stap gut • What’s your name: Husat nem bilong yu • Hello: Gude/hi • Goodbye: gutbai • Pikinini-Child • Maus gras-Moustache

  6. History • Most Pidgin languages developed as a result of European colonialism 1500-1900. • Many based on English, French and Spanish.

  7. Issues • Some culturally important Pidgin languages are disappearing.

  8. Examples • Jamaican-pidgin: ”Crass de sea, girl, yuh going cross de sea, an a likkle water fall from granny eye which mek er cross an she shake mi han aff er dress where ah was holding on to make sure dat ah don’t fall down for de shoes hard to walk in on rockstone, an she wipe er eye wid her kerchief. http://goo.gl/bzvDn

  9. List of officialcreolelanguages • Haitan Creole: • Based on French • An Official language in Haiti • Negerhollands Creole: • Based on Dutch • Spoken in Virgin islands • Bajan Creole: • Based on English • Spoken in Barbados • Llanito Creole: • Based on English and Spanish • Spoken in Gibraltar

  10. Sources • "Pidgin and Creole Languages." Pidgin and Creole Languages. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2012. <http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/messeas/handouts/pjcreol/node1.html>. • Writer, Contributing. "What Are Pidgin & Creole?" EHow. Demand Media, 08 July 2010. Web. 01 Nov. 2012. <http://www.ehow.com/facts_6711713_pidgin-creole_.html>. • "Pidgin." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 23 Oct. 2012. Web. 01 Nov. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin>. • "UsefulPhrases in Tok Pisin." UsefulPhrases in Tok Pisin. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Nov. 2012. <http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/tokpisin.php>.

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