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How Did Pidgin and Creole Languages Develop in the Pacific?
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How Did Pidgin and Creole Languages Develop in the Pacific?
Both pidgin and creole languages are products of colonialism, contact languages that developed when groups speaking different languages needed a shared means of communication. Typically, the lexifier—the dominant language that contributes most of the vocabulary and grammar—has been English, though there are instances of pidgins based on French and Basque as well. While pidgins, such as the Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin, are simplified languages …
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