Pidgins are languages that occur when people from two different languages come into contact and form a simplified hybrid language. If a pidgin language lasts long enough, eventually people are born who use that language [MORE] Chinook Based (7) Dutch Based (2) English Based (162) French Based (19) Haitian Creole (11) Malay Based (3) Mixed (2) Niger-Kordofanian Based (8) Portuguese Based (11) Spanish Based (12) 1. Archives of CreoLIST - Searchable archive of the most recent postings to the CreoLIST listserv. 2. CC: Pidgin Carriers - Introductory article on the topic of pidgin and creole languages. 3. Creole Romance Numerals - Tables of the names of numerals in various Romance-Language-based creoles. 4. Germanic Creole Numerals - Tables of the names of numerals in various Germanic-Language-based creoles. 5. Language Varieties: Definitions - Definitions of "creole", "pidgin", "dialect" and "variety" are given. 6. Linguist List 7.1721: Creolistics - A discussion of whether Afrikaans and Yiddish are creole or creoloid. 7. Pidgins and Creoles - Basic facts about pidgins and creoles with examples. 8. Pidgins and Creoles Archive - A distribution point for research papers on Pidgins and Creoles, hosted by the University of Siegen, Germany. 9. Pidgins, Creoles, and Constructed Languages - Number words in a variety of pidgins, creoles, and constructed languages. 10. Psycholinguistics: Pidgin and Creole languages - An introduction to pidgins and creoles. 11. Reference Guide for Pidgin and Creole Languages - Bibliographic guide to contact language reference material available at Stanford University. 12. Review of John Holm on Pidgins and Creoles - A brief review of John Holm's "An Introduction to Pidgins and Creoles". 13. Why Do Creoles Have Serial Verb Constructions? - A paper by Eric Schiller. 14. Creole Language - A definition of the term creole. 15. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages - A journal of all aspects of pidginization and creolization. A few full-text articles are available on-line. There is also an extensive glossary of creolist terminology. 16. Pidgin - A definition of the term pidgin. 17. Pidgin and Creole Languages - Notes for a course in pidgin and creole languages. Discusses theories of pidginization, creolization and language contact. 18. Pidgin Genesis in Optimality Theory - A conference paper by Joan Bresnan. 19. Unserdeutsch (Rabaul Creole German) NEW! - Forum and information on Unserdeutch, the German-based creole formerly spoken in Rabaul. 20. Unserdeutsch Language - A brief description of Unserdeutch, a German-based pidgin spoken in what is now Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.

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