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Pidgins, creoles and Standard English (English in South-East Asia and the Pacific)

Pidgins, creoles and standard language  Pidgin language  A simplified language  Mainly employed in trade  NOT the native language of any community  may be built from words, sounds, or body language from multiple other languages and cultures  No particular rules  Chinese Pidgin English  a pidgin lexically based on English and influenced by Chinese  developed in 17th century in China  Began to decline during the 19th century, when standard English began to be taught in schools  Chinese Pidgin English Some characteristics:  Based on a vocabulary of 700 English words  Grammar and syntax are simple and positional (grammatical categories are indicated by the position of words in a sentence)  Lack of plural personal pronouns  Chinese Pidgin English Example sentences:  Hab gat rening kum daun (Have got raining come down) “There is rain coming down”  Tumoro mai no kan kum (Tomorrow my ...