Pijin

From Pijin Pijin, from English pidgin, from a Chinese Pidgin English pronunciation of business.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪdʒɪn/

Pijin

1. A language spoken on the Solomon Islands.

Despite the literal meaning of the word pidgin, the language is instead considered by linguists to be a well developed creole, because a creole is the native language of a group of people, whereas a pidgin has no native speakers, and is a blended, ad-hoc trade language used when two groups of people have no other common language to communicate. Creoles develop from pidgins, and this language is no longer in the pidgin stage.

• Wiktionary's coverage of Pijin terms

• Ethnologue entry for Pijin, pis

From English pidgin, from a Chinese Pidgin English pronunciation of English business

Pijin

1. Pijin language