pidgin English

Noun

Meaning

(originally) The Chinese pidgin English spoken in Canton and Hong Kong, later spreading throughout the Chinese and Southeast Asian coastal region.

Any English-lexifier pidgin.

(loosely) Any very basic English; broken English.

Examples

In a statement by the Divisional Head, Corporate Communications/Product Management, Fela Ibidapo said that the bank considered use of Pidgin English as a marker of identity and solidarity, also as means to promote local content use of language. Source: Internet

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