Chinese Pidgin English | |
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Region | China |
Era | 17th-19th centuries survives in Nauruan Pidgin English |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | cpi |
Glottolog | chin1253 |
Linguasphere | 52-ABB-da |
Chinese Pidgin English (also called Chinese Coastal English[1] or Pigeon English[2]) is a pidgin language lexically based on English, but influenced by a Chinese substratum. 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 a number of varieties of Chinese with variants arising among different provinces (for example in Shanghai and Ningbo).