List of English-based pidgins

"Pidgin English" redirects here. For the 2011 novel, see Pigeon English. For the 2007 album, see Pigeon English (album). For pigeons of England, see List of pigeon breeds.

Not to be confused with Pig Latin.

Pidgin English is a non-specific name used to refer to any of the many pidgin languages derived from English. Pidgins that are spoken as first languages become creoles.

English-based pidgins that became stable contact languages, and which have some documentation, include the following:

• Aboriginal Pidgin English
• Native American Pidgin English
• Cameroonian Pidgin English
• Chinese Pidgin English
• Butler English (India)
• Ghanaian Pidgin English
• Hawaiian Pidgin English
• Japanese Bamboo English
• Japanese Pidgin English
• Korean Bamboo English
• Kru Pidgin English
• Liberian Interior Pidgin English
• Micronesian Pidgin English
• Nauru Pidgin English
• New Zealand Pidgin English
• Nigerian Pidgin
• Papua New Guinea Pidgin
• Papuan Pidgin English (distinct from Tok Pisin)
• Port Jackson Pidgin English (ancestral to Australian Kriol)
• Queensland Kanaka English
• Samoan Plantation Pidgin
• Solomon Islands Pijin
• Spanglish/Ingléspañol (including dialects Llanito, Belizean Kitchen Spanish, ABC Islands Spanglish)
• Solombala-English
• Thai Pidgin English
• Tok Pisin
• West African Pidgin English (multiple varieties)
• Vanuatu Bislama
• Franglish

See also

• English-based creoles
• Macaronic languages
• Rally English
• World Englishes

References

• Smith, Norval (1994). "An annotated list of creoles, pidgins, and mixed languages". In Jacque Arends, Pieter Muysken & Norval Smith (ed.). Pidgins and Creoles. John Benjamins.
• "American Italian". 2009.