Lingua Franca, Pidgins & Creoles

What is Lingua Franca?

• Language of communication between two people.

• Language of communication between multiple people.

Pidgins is a language which already has multiple native speakers.

• True

• False

Give two characteristics of pidgins.

• A product of multilingual.

• Limited vocabulary.

• Speech become faster.

• Expansion of phonology.

Which of the pidgin language has become a creole language?

• Hawaiian pidgin

• Tok Pisin

A Lingua Franca is a language used for communication between people whose first languages is the same.

• True

• False

In multilingual communities , lingua franca are so useful they may eventually displace the vernaculars.

• True

• False

What is the process that turns a pidgin to a creole?

• Bambai

• Transparency

• Creolisation

• Executioner