What Is Pidgin

Multiple Choice

What is pidgin?

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