Language: creole vs pidgin
Self-tutoring about language concepts: the tutor mentions two language classifications.
Creole and pidgin are different kinds of languages. What distinguishes them from each other?
A creole is a fusion of two languages that is learned as a mother tongue. Although people may call their language “Creole”, there are numerous of them: when a local language absorbs a colonial one, for instance, the result will be a creole. The child who learns it may not be able to discern which parts come from which language.
A pidgin is an improvised set of phrases developed for spontaneous communication among people who don’t speak the same mother tongue.
Source:
Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane, Campbell River, BC.
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