A dialect is a variant of a language. If it is associated with a geographically isolated speech community, it is referred to as a regional dialect . However, if it is spoken by a speech community that is merely socially isolated, it is called a social dialect . These latter dialects are mostly based on class, ethnicity , gender , age, and particular social situations. A pidgin is a simplified hybrid language that develops to fulfill the communication needs of peoples who have no language in common but who need to occasionally interact for commercial and other reasons.
Pidgins combine the vocabulary and grammar of the different languages.
The most well known one is Pidgin English in New Guinea. However, several forms of Pidgin English and Pidgin French also developed in West Africa. In each case, the pidgin speakers also spoke their own native language. Papua New Guineans conversing in Pidgin English A t times, a pidgin language becomes the mother tongue of a population. When that happens, it is referred to as a creole language.