pidgin

Etymology
From, from a pronunciation of  during trade in the. All attestations of pidgin from the first half of the nineteenth century given in the third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary mean “business; an action, occupation, or affair” (the earliest being from 1807). Other suggested derivations include:
 * Chinese pronunciation of
 * South Seas pronunciation of
 * South Seas pronunciation of

Noun

 * 1)  An amalgamation of two disparate languages, used by two populations having no common language as a lingua franca to communicate with each other, lacking formalized grammar and having a small, utilitarian vocabulary and no native speakers.
 * 2)  A person's business, occupation, work, or trade (also spelt as pigeon).
 * 1)  A person's business, occupation, work, or trade (also spelt as pigeon).
 * 1)  A person's business, occupation, work, or trade (also spelt as pigeon).

Usage notes

 * Some pidgins that have developed into creoles nevertheless (confusingly) retain the word "pidgin" in their names.

Translations

 * Armenian: փիջին
 * Bislama: pijin
 * Catalan: pidgin
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 混雜語言
 * Danish:, pidginsprog
 * Esperanto: piĝino
 * French:, ,
 * German:, ,
 * Irish: nasctheanga
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ピジン言語
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: Pidgin, Pidginspraak, Pidgin-Spraak
 * Macedonian: пиџин
 * Maori: kōrapurapu, reo kōrapurapu
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: pidgin, pidginspråk
 * Nynorsk: pidgin, pidginspråk
 * Pijin: pijin
 * Polish:, pidżin,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: pijini
 * Swedish: pidgin,
 * Tok Pisin:
 * Turkish: tarzanca,
 * Welsh: pijin

Etymology
, from, from.

Etymology
, from, from a pronunciation of  during trade in the.

Noun

 * 1)   amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers

Noun

 * 1)   amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers