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
"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
Wale and other lawmakers spoke at length, using a mixture of English, the official language, and the commonly spoken Melanesian pidgin.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2021
“It is time that this suffering ends for us all. This is what brought me here,” he said in pidgin English.
From Reuters • Oct. 5, 2021
Obiora said, rising, the fear in his eyes not quite shielded by the brazen manliness in his pidgin English.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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