List of pidgin languages
This article collects a list of pidgin languages broken down according to the origin of the vocabulary. There is also a list of Creole languages .
With English- based vocabulary
- Melanesian pidgin , also called Tok Pisin , in Papua New Guinea ; English-speaking proportion approx. 60%, Melanesian proportion approx. 35%, German proportion approx. 5%; in transition to a Creole language.
- Liberian English ( Liberia )
- Nigerian Pidgin , also Nigerian Creole English ( Nigeria )
With French- based vocabulary
- Tay Boi (†) ( Vietnam ), originated from Vietnamese , French , English , Javanese and Portuguese
- Camfranglais ( Cameroon )
With German- based vocabulary
With Zulu -based vocabulary
- Fanagalo , also Fanakalo
- Tsotsitaal , also isiCamtho , a mixture of Zulu , Sotho , Tswana , Afrikaans and English
With Arabic- based vocabulary
- Juba Arabic , also South Sudanese Arabic , national language in South Sudan
With motu- based vocabulary
- Hiri Motu , one of the three official languages of Papua New Guinea
From the Amerindian language area
- Chinook Wawa (almost †), Indigenous American (including Chinook , French , English )
- Delaware Pidgin (†), in the 17th century lingua franca between algonkinsprachigen North American peoples and Europeans
- Mobilian († around 1900) Makoki-Pidgin from Spanish , French , English , Muskogee a . a.
Languages with heterogeneous vocabulary
- Basque-Icelandic pidgin (†),
- Eurosigns , primarily based on British Sign Language , Langue des signes française and Scandinavian sign languages
- Lingua Franca (†), also Sabir , Italian with broad influences from Turkish , Persian , French , Greek and Arabic
- International Sign , various sign languages
- Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin ( Suriname ), commercial pidgin from the triplet language and the Ndyuka Creole
- Russenorsk (†), Russian- Norwegian mixed language
Intermediate forms
- Kanak Sprak (Turkish German)