pidgin
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Trying to free herself, she began to write in Hawaiian pidgin, a language she both grew up surrounded by and was told by others — including her mother — to avoid out in the world.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2023
There are versions in local pidgin English, Hausa, Kanuri and Fulani.
From Reuters • Sep. 21, 2022
"I can't relate with the message in Afrobeats but it's entertaining, I love the rhythm, the pidgin accent and I find them genuinely cultural - you can tell this is distinctly African."
From BBC • Feb. 22, 2022
Bowen and Tui Asau all have ties to Hawaii, lending authenticity to the book’s polyglot melting-pot gradations of dialect, anchored by Hilo-born actress Kim’s voicing of the matriarch Malia’s warm, flowing pidgin.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2020
Obiora said, rising, the fear in his eyes not quite shielded by the brazen manliness in his pidgin English.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Vocabulary lists containing pidgin
Vivacious Vernacular: Words About Slang
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Human Geography - Middle School
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Human Geography - High School
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