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Pidgin (formerly named Gaim) is a free and open-source multi-platform instant messaging client, based on a library named libpurple that has support for many instant messaging protocols, allowing the user to simultaneously log in to various services from a single application, with a single interface for both popular and obsolete protocols (from AIM to Discord), thus avoiding the hassle of ...
Nigerian Pidgin, also known as Naijá in scholarship, is an English-based creole language spoken as a lingua franca across Nigeria. The language is sometimes referred to as Pijin or Vernacular . It can be spoken as a pidgin , a creole, dialect or a decreolised acrolect by different speakers, who may switch between these forms depending on the ...
BBC News Pidgin is an online news service in West African Pidgin English that was launched by the BBC World Service in 2017. [1] [2] It is based in Lagos, Nigeria.[1]Pidgin, first used by British and African slavers to facilitate the Atlantic slave trade in the late 17th century, has become one of the most widely spoken languages in West Africa, with up to 75 million speakers in Nigeria alone.
A pidgin [1] [2] [3] / ˈ p ɪ dʒ ɪ n /, or pidgin language, is a grammatically simplified means of communication that develops between two or more groups of people that do not have a language in common: typically, its vocabulary and grammar are limited and often drawn from several languages.
English-based pidgins that became stable contact languages, and which have some documentation, include the following: Aboriginal Pidgin English. Native American Pidgin English. Cameroonian Pidgin English. Chinese Pidgin English. Butler English (India) Ghanaian Pidgin English. Hawaiian Pidgin English. Japanese Bamboo English.
Tok Pisin (English: / tɒkˈpɪsɪn / TOKPISS-in, [ 3 ][ 4 ] / tɔːk, - zɪn / tawk, -zin; [ 5 ]Tok Pisin [tok pisin] [ 1 ]), often referred to by English speakers as New Guinea Pidgin or simply Pidgin, is a creole language spoken throughout Papua New Guinea. It is an official language of Papua New Guinea and the most widely used language ...
Ghanaian Pidgin English (GhaPE) [2] is a Ghanaian English- lexifier pidgin also known as Pidgin, Broken English, and Kru English (kroo brofo in Akan). GhaPE is a regional variety of West African Pidgin English [3] spoken in Ghana, predominantly in the southern capital, Accra, and surrounding towns. [2] It is confined to a smaller section of ...
Japanese Pidgin English. Japanese Pidgin English is any of several English -based pidgins spoken or influenced by the Japanese. Cape York Japanese Pidgin English, spoken in the pearling area at Thursday Island. Hawaiian Pidgin English, which began as a pidgin jargon spoken by immigrant plantation workers in Hawaii.