##  [Pidginization](/index.php/pidginization) 

  ##  [Pidginization](https://humanitites.quantumdictionary.io/pidginization-0) 

  

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Definition

A sociolinguistic process in contact situations whereby speakers of different native languages develop a reduced, variable, and functionally limited contact variety (a pidgin) to achieve specific intergroup communicative needs; pidgins typically have simplified morphology, limited lexical scope, and no native speaker community at origin.