pidgin

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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

Sometimes called pidgin English, the language is widely used and understood across regions and ethnic groups in the nation of 200 million people, although most books and newspapers on sale in Nigeria are in English.

From Reuters • Jul. 14, 2021

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

But the effect is as vivid as the sassy, strong-willed narrator’s pidgin.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2020

“We hungry,” a ruddy-cheeked man announced to her in overly loud pidgin, miming the act of eating.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer