contact language
"Contact languages" arise from the need for communication between speakers of different native languages, often leading to simplified or mixed linguistic systems.
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Definition
C1Linguistics
(technical, academic)A simplified linguistic system that develops when speakers of different native languages need to communicate.
Example
- Pidgins are common examples of contact languages, formed to facilitate trade between groups with no common language.
C1Linguistics
(technical, academic)A language that emerges from the interaction of two or more languages, often used in trade, migration, or colonization contexts.
Example
- Creoles can develop from contact languages when they become native languages for subsequent generations.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "contact language":
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