Sign in
|
English
|
Terms of Use
Dictionary
Forum
Contacts
English
⇄
French
Spanish
G
o
o
g
l
e
|
Forvo
|
+
Creoles
|
and
and
gen.
e
;
y
|
Pidgins
pidgin
geogr.
pidgin
- only individual words found (there may be no translations for some thesaurus entries in the bilingual dictionary)
to phrases
English thesaurus
Creole
['kri:əul]
n
lit.
A native language, which merges together the traits of several languages, i.e. an advanced and fully formed pidgin. In the American South, black slaves were taken from a variety of African tribes sharing no language. Thus, on the plantation they developed first a pidgin
limited and simplified
version of English with heavy Portuguese and African influences. This pidgin allowed slaves some rudimentary communication with each other and with their slave masters. In time, they lost their original African languages and the mixed speech became the native tongue of their children, a Creole.
Creoles and Pidgins
:
2 phrases
in 1 subject
Ichthyology
2
The server is undergoing maintenance and the site is working in read-only mode. Please check back later.">
Add
|
The server is undergoing maintenance and the site is working in read-only mode. Please check back later.">
Report an error
|
Get short URL
|
Language Selection Tips