creolized - Definition and Meaning

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(adjective)

definitions

(of a language) formed from the contact of a European language with a local language

examples

a creolized variety of French

(verb)

definitions

form (a Creole language) from the contact of a European language with a local language

examples

children born into pidgin-speaking communities began to creolize their linguistic inheritance