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A pidgin is a simplified language that develops when people who don't share a common language need to communicate with each other, typically in situations like trade or business. It combines vocabulary and grammar from multiple languages in a limited way to allow different groups to understand each other.
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- Subclass of
- lingua franca
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- topic's main category
- Category:Pidgins
- has cause
- language contact
- different from
- lingua franca
- studied by
- sociolinguistics
- exact match
- ontology.londisizwe.org/mola#Pidgin
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