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Pidgins and Creoles

Pidgins and Creoles. Antti Lassila and Aarni Korvenheimo 9A. What are pidgins?. Pidgin is a modified or simplified language used between groups that don’t have a common language. It is usually used in business, like trading. (Wikipedia)

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Pidgins and Creoles

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  1. Pidgins and Creoles Antti Lassila and Aarni Korvenheimo 9A

  2. What are pidgins? • Pidgin is a modified or simplified language used between groups that don’t have a common language. • It is usually used in business, like trading. (Wikipedia) • Usually pidgins are a blend of one major language, and some other minor languages. • Words in a pidgin language usually have a wide range of meanings, since the vocabulary is very limited. • Nowadays pidgins are starting to disappear since people are taught English. • Pidgins do not have a writing system, until they develop in to creoles. (Thompson)

  3. Creole • Creole is like a pidgin but it is spoken as a native language. • Creole is usually a mix of two different languages like english and malaysia (Manglish). • Creoles are like pidgins but they have developted their own writing system

  4. Examples of Creole • Manglish- English based creole that is spoken in malaysia. (Wikipedia) • Oridi=Already • Watudu=What can I do • Nemmein=Nevermind (tripod.com) • Jamaican Creole- English based creole spoken in Jamaica. (Wikipedia) • Bandulu=Bandit • Box=Hit • Ease-up=to forgive (Niceup.com) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRI3srdcia0

  5. Sources • "Pidgin." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 20 Oct. 2013. Web. 04 Nov. 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin>. • Thompson, Irene. "Pidgin Languages ." About World Languages. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Nov. 2013. <http://aboutworldlanguages.com/pidgin-languages>.

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