1. By: Atte, Silja and Randolph
Pidgin & Creole
By: Atte, Silja and Randolph

2. What is it?
Pidgin:
Simplified language between two or more different groups of people (that don’t speak the same language).
Pidgin doesn’t last unless it becomes a creole.
Vocabulary derives from one of the languages.
No grammatical rules.
Creole
A language that was originally a pidgin but bacame an official language.
Most vocabulary originates from parent language.
Has its own grammatical set of rules.

3. When and where is it used?
Pidgin
Used when two people with different languages need to communicate with each other
E.g. African slaves from different regions created a pidgin
Creole
Used as a language at homes and schools.
A language that a community knows
Can be an official language

5. New Guinea (Tok Pisin)
Based on English, Melanesian languages and German
Examples:
Welcome: welkam
How are you: yu stap gut
What’s your name: Husat nem bilong yu
Hello: Gude/hi
Goodbye: gutbai
Pikinini-Child
Maus gras-Moustache

6. History
Most Pidgin languages developed as a result of European colonialism
Many based on English, French and Spanish.

7. Issues
Some culturally important Pidgin languages are disappearing.

8. Examples Jamaican-pidgin:
”Crass de sea, girl, yuh going cross de sea, an a likkle water fall from granny eye which mek er cross an she shake mi han aff er dress where ah was holding on to make sure dat ah don’t fall down for de shoes hard to walk in on rockstone, an she wipe er eye wid her kerchief.

9. List of official creole languages
Haitan Creole:
Based on French
An Official language in Haiti
Negerhollands Creole:
Based on Dutch
Spoken in Virgin islands
Bajan Creole:
Based on English
Spoken in Barbados
Llanito Creole:
Based on English and Spanish
Spoken in Gibraltar

10. Sources
"Pidgin and Creole Languages." Pidgin and Creole Languages. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Nov < s/pjcreol/node1.html>.
Writer, Contributing. "What Are Pidgin & Creole?" EHow. Demand Media, 08 July Web. 01 Nov < creole_.html>.
"Pidgin." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 23 Oct Web. 01 Nov <
"Useful Phrases in Tok Pisin." Useful Phrases in Tok Pisin. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Nov < php>.