![]() ![]() ![]() (Charlemagne, "The Globish-Speaking Union. Its speakers usually refer to it simply as 'pidgin' when speaking English. For example, the name of the creole language Tok Pisin derives from the English words talk pidgin. An approximate version of English, with a limited vocabulary of just a few hundred words, would suffice." Pidgin may also be used as the specific name for local pidgins or creoles, in places where they are spoken. "Philippe Van Parijs, a professor at Louvain University, argues that European-level democracy does not require a homogenous culture, or ethnos a common political community, or demos, needs only a lingua franca. The answer to Europe’s democratic deficit, says Mr Van Parijs, is to accelerate the process so that English is not just the language of an elite but also the means for poorer Europeans to be heard. pidgin English noun often capitalized P : an English-based pidgin especially : one originally used in parts of east Asia Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web There are versions in local pidgin English, Hausa, Kanuri and Fulani. James Flint grew up in China and was one of the first Englishmen to learn mandarin Chinese, it was his actions that precipitated the widespread use of pidgin in China. ![]() "Some detect a European form of global English ( globish): a patois with English physiognomy, cross-dressed with continental cadences and syntax, a train of EU institutional jargon and sequins of linguistic false friends (mostly French). Primarily a spoken language, CPE enjoys a vigorous oral presence in Cameroon, and the linguistic examples illustrating this description are drawn from a spoken. Last year Germany’s president, Joachim Gauck, argued for an English-speaking Europe: national languages would be cherished for spirituality and poetry alongside 'a workable English for all of life’s situations and all age groups.' For comprehension, let’s look at three examples. Interpreters sometimes feel they are speaking to themselves. Pidgin English is in every mouth of Nigerian youths or adults. The European Union conducts ever more business in English. What you go for catch people, you go for make war Yes, my brother gone for catch people or they gone for make war. The Eurovision song contest, won this month by an Austrian cross-dresser, is mostly English-speaking, even if the votes are translated into French. Matthews supplied an example of West African Pidgin English: Well, my friend, you got trade today you got plenty of slaves No, we no got trade yet by and by trade come. Typical pidgins function as lingua francas, or means for intergroup communication, but not as. Europeans now overwhelmingly opt for English. For example, the lexifier language of Gullah (also called Sea Island Creole English) is English. pidgin, originally, a language that typically developed out of sporadic and limited contacts between Europeans and non-Europeans in locations other than Europe from the 16th through the early 19th century and often in association with activities such as trade, plantation agriculture, and mining. "What language does Europe speak? France has lost its battle for French. ![]()
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