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( Pidgin)
A pidgin is a simplified language that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups that do not have a language in common, in situations such as trade. Pidgins are not the native language of any speech community, but are instead learned as second languages.[1][2] Pidgins usually have low prestige with respect to other languages.[3] Not all simplified or "broken" forms of language are pidgins (Patois). Pidgins have their own norms of usage which must be learned to speak the pidgin well.[4] The word pidgin, formerly also spelled pigion, derives from a Chinese Pidgin English pronunciation of business.[5] Originally used to describe Chinese Pidgin English, it was later generalized to refer to any pidgin.[6] Pidgin may also be used as the specific name for local pidgins, in places where they are spoken. For example, the name of Tok Pisin derives from the English words talk pidgin, and its speakers usually refer to it simply as "Pidgin" when speaking English.[citation needed] The term jargon has also been used to describe pidgins, and is found in the names of some pidgins such as Chinook Jargon. In this context, linguists today use jargon to denote a particularly rudimentary type of pidgin;[7] however, this usage is rather rare, and the term jargon most often refers to the words particular to a given profession.
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