How to pronounce“pidgin”in English
Eventually this created a pidgin, or a simplified language and small vocabulary combining two or more languages.
Today pidgin is spoken in places with a lot of language mixing, like Nigeria and Hawaii, and creole languages -- which are leveled-up full-language versions-- are used by people
often in former colonies in places like Haiti, and other islands around the Caribbean.
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Definitions of “pidgin”
An amalgamation of two disparate languages, used by two populations having no common language as a lingua franca to communicate with each other, lacking formalized grammar and having a small, utilitarian vocabulary and no native speakers. The speech is slow and supported by mime and gesture.
“‘I didnʼt know you can speak pidgin,’ he said and laughed.”
A person's business, occupation, work, or trade (also spelt as pigeon).
“Forget money. That's my pidgin.”