Chapter 1: Lesson 3 PIDGIN and CREOLE

• Pidgin and Creole languages are simplified languages that develop as a means of communication between speakers of different native languages, often in settings of cultural and linguistic diversity, such as trade, colonization, or slavery. These languages are characterized by their simplicity and tend to have limited vocabulary and grammar compared to fully developed languages.
• • A pidgin is a simplified language that arises as a way for people who speak different native languages to communicate for practical purposes, like trade or work.
  • Simplicity: Pidgins typically have a limited vocabulary and simplified grammar compared to fully developed languages.
  • Development: Pidgins often develop when diverse groups of people need to communicate but don't share a common language. They borrow words and grammar from multiple languages.
  • Temporary: Pidgins are usually temporary and serve a specific function. They may evolve into creole languages over time.
• Creole


  A more developed and stable language that emerges from a pidgin when it becomes the native language of a community over generations
• Development of creoles


  1. Children learn the simplified pidgin as their first language

  2. Children expand the pidgin with more vocabulary and grammar as they grow up
• Creole languages


  • They are more stable and fully developed than pidgins
  • They become the mother tongue of a community
• Creoles


  • They are distinct languages in their own right, with their own grammar and vocabulary
  • They are not just simplified versions of the parent languages
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  PIDGIN

  Pidgin is a simplified, makeshift language used for practical communication between speakers of different native languages.

  It has a limited vocabulary and simplified grammar.

  Pidgins often develop in contexts like trade, colonization, or slavery, where diverse groups of people need to interact.

  Pidgins are typically temporary and serve specific functions.
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  CREOLE

  Creole is a more developed and stable language that evolves from a pidgin when it becomes the primary language of a community over generations.

  It has a more extensive vocabulary and grammar compared to pidgin.

  Creoles are the native languages of their communities, with distinct identities.

  They are not just simplified versions of the parent languages; they are unique languages in their own right.