6. What is
Pidgin?
A PIDGIN IS A VARIETY
OF A LANGUAGE THAT
DEVELOPED
FOR SOME PRACTICAL
PURPOSE, SUCH AS
TRADING, AMONG
GROUPS OF PEOPLE
WHO HAD A
LOT OF CONTACTS,
BUT WHO DID NOT
KNOW EACH OTHER’S
LANGUAGES.
7. REASONS FOR PIDGINS TO
ARISE
No common language to communicate
A good example of this is the slaves who were
brought from Africa in the nineteenth century to North
America
9. Creole
WHEN A PIDGIN
DEVELOPS BEYOND
ITS ROLE AS A TRADE
OR
CONTACT LANGUAGE
AND BECOMES THE
FIRST LANGUAGE OF A
SOCIAL COMMUNITY,
IT IS
DESCRIBED AS A
CREOLE.
12. DIALECT
A variety of the
language
associated with
a
particular
regional or
social group.
13. A regional dialect is a
distinct form of a
language spoken in a
particular geographical
area. Also known as a
regiolect or
topolect
Regional Dialect