word
creolization
kree-oh-lih-ZAY-shun
ˌkriːoʊlɪˈzeɪʃənListen
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Syllable breakdown
creolization
Dictionary meaning
the sociolinguistic and cultural process by which a pidgin — a simplified contact language that develops for immediate communication between groups with no common tongue — acquires native speakers across generations and expands structurally into a fully formed creole language with a complete grammatical system; creolization is associated with colonial and plantation contexts in the Caribbean, Africa, and the Pacific, and creole languages such as Haitian Creole, Tok Pisin, and Papiamento are fully developed human languages
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