:not to be confused with the pigeon bird. for the instant messaging client, see pidgin (software). a pidgin , or pidgin language, is a simplified version of a language that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups that do not have a language in common. it is most commonly employed in situations such as trade, or where both groups speak languages different from the language of the country in which they reside (but where there is no common language between the groups). fundamentally, a pidgin is a simplified means of linguistic communication, as it is constructed impromptu, or by convention, between individuals or groups of people. a pidgin is not the native language of any speech community, but is instead learned as a second language.see see  a pidgin may be built from words, sounds, or body language from multiple other languages and cultures. they allow people who have no common language to communicate with each other. pidgins usually have low prestige with respect to other languages. not all simplified or "broken" forms of a language are pidgins. each pidgin has its own norms of usage which must be learned for proficiency in the pidgin. == etymology == the origin of the word is uncertain. pidgin first appeared in print in 1850. the most widely accepted etymology is from the chinese pronunciation of the english word business. another etymology that has been proposed is english pigeon, a bird sometimes used for carrying brief written messages, especially in times prior to modern telecommunications. == terminology == the word pidgin, formerly also spelled pigion, used to refer originally to chinese pidgin english, but was later generalized to refer to any pidgin. pidgin may also be used as the specific name for local pidgins or creoles, in places where they are spoken. for example, the name of the creole language tok pisin derives from the english words talk pidgin. its speakers usually refer to it simply as "pidgin" when speaking english.smith, geoff p. growing up with tok pisin: contact, creolization, and change in papua new guinea's national language. london: battlebridge. 2002. p. 4.thus the published court reports of papua new guinea refer to tok pisin as "pidgin": see for example schubert v the state [1979] pnglr 66. likewise, [[hawaiian cr
Interlinguistics Pidgins_and_creoles