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pidgin

[pij-uhn] / ˈpɪdʒ ən /




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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

All this time Malcolm had heard Lyra and her little dæmon chattering away in their pidgin English.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman




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