mixed language; hybrid language; pidgin
Linguistics term for a language that blends elements from two or more source languages, including pidgins and creoles.
The study of mixed languages helps us understand language contact.
word formed via contamination
In historical linguistics, a word created by blending two similar words, e.g., through folk etymology or analogical influence.
This contaminated word is thought to have arisen from the blending of two older forms.
Compound of 混合 (mixing) + 語 (language, word). The term is a calque from Western linguistics.