cre|o|li|za|tion

cre|o|li|za|tion
cre|o|li|za|tion «KREE uh luh ZAY shuhn», noun.
the process by which a mixture of several languages becomes the standard native language: »

The creolization of a pidgin language can happen voluntarily (as in certain modern villages in New Guinea), or involuntarily (as when Caribbean plantation owners deliberately separated slaves of the same language, in order to minimize the danger of conspiracy and revolt ) (Scientific American).


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