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Volume 19, Issue 1 (2017)
Pidgins and Creoles: Birth of Languages
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  • Suraiya Suraiya: Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh
, Pages: 57-66 , DOI: 10.22373/adabiya.v19i1.7485

Abstract

This article presents an outlook of pidgins and creoles starting from the background of the arise
of the using of pidgins and creoles in the world. To have a clear understanding of what pidgins and creoles
are the definition of both terms are explained briefly here. This article also discusses some distinctions or
distinctive features of pidgins and creoles and the community using pidgins and creoles in the world. At
the end of the discussion, this article describes some brief discussions related to some reasons stating that
pidgins and creoles are born as languages.

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