pidgin English

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English

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈpɪdʒɪn ˌɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈpɪdʒən ˌɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Noun

pidgin English (countable and uncountable, plural pidgin Englishes)

  1. (originally) The Chinese pidgin English spoken in Canton and Hong Kong, later spreading throughout the Chinese and Southeast Asian coastal region.
  2. Any English-lexifier pidgin.
  3. (loosely) Any very basic English; broken English.
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