ピジン

noun

pidgin; pidgin language

A simplified language that develops as a means of communication between groups that do not share a common language, typically with limited vocabulary and grammar.

• ピジンは、異ことなる言げん語ごを話はなす人ひと々びとの間あいだで自し然ぜんに生うまれることが多おおい。

  Pidgins often arise naturally between people who speak different languages.

• この地ち域いきでは、交こう易えきのためにピジンが使つかわれていた。

  In this region, a pidgin was used for trade.