prepidgin en · NOUN
Etymology
From pre- + pidgin.
Meanings
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An early mixture of languages capable of developing into a pidgin.
An earlier prepidgin or jargon, which is quite variable in structure, may later become a stable pidgin, which has developed its own lexical and grammatical norms.
2010, Robert B. Kaplan, The Oxford Handbook of Applied Linguistics, page 383:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| prepidgins | Number=Plur | lexicographic |