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Preferred term

cpiChinese Pidgin English  

Type

  • language

Definition

  • Chinese Pidgin English is a Pidgin language between English and Chinese. From the 17th to the 19th centuries, there was also Chinese Pidgin English spoken in Cantonese-speaking portions of China. Chinese Pidgin English is heavily influenced by various Chinese languages with variants arising among different provinces (for example in Shanghai and Ningbo).

Entry terms

  • Pidgin English, Chinese

ISO 639-3 code

  • cpi

In other languages

  • 洋泾浜英语

    Chinese

  • Pidżyn chińsko-angielski

    Polish

  • Swedish

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/cpi

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