Search results for "Pidgin" - New World Encyclopedia
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- can be seen in the example of “pidgin” languages. “Pidgin” is a mixed language that developed to help members of different cultures communicate ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 01:13, 10 April 2021
- and Chinese at 2.6 percent. Hawaiian Pidgin is an unofficial language. ... Most Hawaiian citizens speak pidgin, known by linguists as Hawaiian ...23 KB (3,378 words) - 17:31, 30 January 2022
- to use it fluently, it is more of a pidgin than a fully formed language ... A pidgin sign language arose among tribes of American Indians in the ...22 KB (3,412 words) - 20:10, 21 April 2023
- the creole language New Guinea Pidgin ("Tok Pisin"). Much of the debate in the PNG Parliament and many newspapers is conducted in Tok ...23 KB (3,412 words) - 11:23, 11 March 2023
- Some residents of Benin could still speak a pidgin Portuguese in the late nineteenth century. The first English expedition to Benin was in 1553 ...12 KB (1,841 words) - 09:14, 27 September 2023
- country's largest lingua franca, New Guinea Pidgin. However, there are pockets of Anglicans elsewhere in the country including in the New Guinea ...28 KB (4,558 words) - 07:25, 17 November 2023
- British troops, who, mistaking by a personal pidgin in relation with others they had intertwined, derived the well known pronunciation for the Kanien ...25 KB (3,874 words) - 12:59, 10 March 2023
- * Quelia, a pseudo pidgin of German and Russian. * Russenorsk is an extinct pidgin language with mostly Russian vocabulary ...41 KB (5,525 words) - 20:35, 17 April 2023
- dynasty, traders in Fujian also reportedly used pidgin English as a common language. |left|250px|Many famous teas originate from Fujian, including ...31 KB (4,438 words) - 07:14, 15 April 2024
- and French are official languages. Cameroonian Pidgin English is the most common lingua franca, especially in the formerly British-administered territories ...36 KB (5,278 words) - 18:55, 25 November 2023
- percent, and Chinese at 2.6 percent. Hawaiian Pidgin is an unofficial language. Sixty-eight percent of Hawaiians identify themselves as Christian—42 ...22 KB (3,108 words) - 13:26, 2 February 2024
- which meant “quickly quickly” in Chinese Pidgin English. [http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/chopstick Definition of chopstick] Merriam-Webster ...24 KB (3,847 words) - 17:19, 10 December 2023
- perhaps a distinct language, with an Arawakan pidgin often used in communication. Rouse has classified all inhabitants of the Greater Antilles ...23 KB (3,719 words) - 18:05, 20 January 2024
- categories that exist in both languages. Pidgin languages are defined by not having any native speakers, but only being spoken by people who ...112 KB (16,049 words) - 21:16, 26 February 2023
- as well as in Milne Bay Province, while Melanesian Pidgin serves as the lingua franca. Many of the islands, as well as the northern and eastern coasts ...29 KB (4,293 words) - 09:18, 11 March 2023
- World War II, Lothar became modernized, lost the pidgin English [he spoke], and his costume changed to a shirt, riding pants, and boots." ...28 KB (4,294 words) - 19:00, 25 October 2022
- socio-economic factors, culture, pidgin language barriers, quality of education, health, racism, lack of positive role-models, exposure to violence ...35 KB (5,016 words) - 12:47, 7 February 2023
- Yauma, Aushi, Lenje, Lamba, Lala, Fanagalo (a pidgin language used mainly used in the South African mines) and others (78 in total). ...31 KB (4,520 words) - 05:42, 13 June 2023
- The Spanish language is predominant, while (pidgin) English is spoken in the Caribbean Islas de la Bahia Department, but nonetheless is slowly ...34 KB (4,896 words) - 12:36, 2 February 2024
- In Germany and some other European countries and in New Guinea Pidgin gasoline is called Benzin (German, Danish, and Turkish), Benzine in Dutch ...47 KB (6,891 words) - 04:38, 18 April 2024