Questions tagged [pidgin]
A grammatically simplified means of communication that develops between two or more groups that do not have a language in common: typically, a mixture of simplified languages or a simplified primary language with other languages' elements included. (Based an article about Pidgin on Wikipedia.)
2
questions
1
vote
2
answers
91
views
Do we have any conlangs which are "primitive" languages?
We have minimal languages with few words, like Toki Pona, and I have made a rough language with about 4000 words which covers most of what you would need to say as base concepts (4000 base concepts), ...
- 1,551
9
votes
2
answers
423
views
Has any conlang ever replaced the use of a pidgin?
I've read that being a simple, yet more expressive, substitute for a pidgin language is one of the possible applications of Toki Pona.
In situations where people from multiple languages come together ...
