New!!: Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures and Pidgin New!!: Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures and Mixed language Ī pidgin, or pidgin language, is a grammatically simplified means of communication that develops between two or more groups that do not have a language in common: typically, its vocabulary and grammar are limited and often drawn from several languages. New!!: Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures and Media Lengua Īlthough every language is mixed to some extent, by virtue of containing loanwords, it is a matter of controversy whether a term mixed language can meaningfully distinguish the contact phenomena of certain languages (such as those listed below) from the type of contact and borrowing seen in all languages.

Media Lengua, also known as Chaupi-shimi, Chaupi-lengua, Chaupi-Quichua, Quichuañol, Chapu-shimi or llanga-shimi,Llanga-shimi is typically a derogatory term used by Kichwa-speakers to describe their language. New!!: Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures and Martin Haspelmath

Martin Haspelmath (born 2 February 1963 in Hoya, Lower Saxony) is a German linguist working in the field of linguistic typology.

New!!: Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures and Creole language Creole languageĪ creole language, or simply creole, is a stable natural language developed from a mixture of different languages at a fairly sudden point in time: often, a pidgin transitioned into a full, native language. Ħ relations: Creole language, Martin Haspelmath, Media Lengua, Mixed language, Pidgin, Susanne Maria Michaelis. The Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures (APiCS) is a comparative linguistic atlas of contact languages.

Atlas of pidgin and creole language structures