Pidgin
A simplified language that develops when speakers of different languages need to communicate, based on elements from multiple source languages.
Real World
West African Pidgin English emerged during the Atlantic slave trade when traders needed a shared communication system, and forms of it are still spoken across Nigeria and Ghana today.
Exam Focus
Always clarify that a pidgin is no one's first language — conflating pidgin with creole is a common error that loses marks in language change questions.
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