# Pidgin languages

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Here are entered works discussing lingua francas which are native to none of those using them and are characterized by a simplified grammar and often mixed vocabulary. Works discussing auxiliary, sometimes mixed, languages used among groups having no other language in common are entered under the heading [Lingua francas.] Works discussing languages resulting from the intermingling of phonological, grammatical and/or lexical elements from different languages in areas of intensive language contact are entered under the heading [Languages, Mixed.] Works discussing pidgin languages that have become established as the native languages of a speech community are entered under the heading [Creole dialects.]

Directory metadata is not a factual answer or evidence of a global knowledge gap.

Source: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85102028

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