pidginize
Create contact language
To pidginize is to simplify a language into a pidgin—a reduced form used for communication between groups that don't share a common tongue.
The process strips away grammatical complexity while retaining essential vocabulary: Contact between traders pidginized both languages.
More broadly, pidginize can mean to oversimplify any communication system.
Shared tongue between peoples
- auxiliaryGiving additional support
- substrateUnderlying supporting material
- borrowingTemporary taking of another's
- relexificationVocabulary replacement preserving grammar
Simplified speech between groups
- marketplaceVenue for commerce
- barterDirect goods-for-goods exchange
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- commerceExchange of goods, services
merchant · port · coastal · plantation · colonial · maritime · exchange · nautical
Make less complex
- basic vocabularyFoundational words for communication
- simplificationMaking something less complex
- reductionMaking something smaller
- syntaxRules for arranging words
Process of becoming steady
- creolizationPidgin maturing into mother tongue
- expansionIncrease in scope
- elaborationDevelopment through detail
Those speaking learned languages
- cross-culturalInvolving multiple societies
- interethnicBetween different ethnic groups
- multilingualKnowing multiple languages
- second languageTongue learned after childhood
lingua franca
Shared tongue between peoples
trade language
Simplified speech between groups
- marketplaceVenue for commerce
- barterDirect goods-for-goods exchange
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
commerce · merchant · port · coastal · plantation · colonial · maritime · exchange · nautical
simplify
Make less complex
- basic vocabularyFoundational words for communication
- simplificationMaking something less complex
- reductionMaking something smaller
syntax · morphology · interlanguage · stripped-down · regularization
stabilization
Process of becoming steady
- creolizationPidgin maturing into mother tongue
- expansionIncrease in scope
- elaborationDevelopment through detail
non-native speakers
Those speaking learned languages
- cross-culturalInvolving multiple societies
- interethnicBetween different ethnic groups
- multilingualKnowing multiple languages
second language · bilingualism · accommodation · intercommunication
pidginizecreolize
Form a blended language
elaborate · expand · nativize · enrich · systematize
pidginizestandardize
Make things match norms
codify · formalize · regularize · institutionalize · normalize