What is pidgin?
A) A partial language that results from primitive tribes' attempts to learn the language of a modern industrialized state.
B) A mixed language that develops to ease communication between members of different cultures in contact, usually in situations of trade or colonial domination.
C) A rhythmic sublanguage present in any human language as the result of a universally shared mutation.
D) A set of languages believed to be most like the original human language, spoken by a small population of Indian Ocean islanders.
E) Metalanguage developed by computer programmers that has yielded valuable insights into the workings of the human brain.

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Pidgin is a mixed language that arises when people of different languages come into contact, usually in situations of trade or colonialism, and need a simplified means of communication. It incorporates elements of the languages involved and typically has a simplified grammar and vocabulary.

What Is Pidgin