pidgin English

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪ.dʒɪn ˌɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪ.dʒən ˌɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/

pidgin English (countable and uncountable, plural pidgin Englishes)

1. (originally) The Chinese pidgin English spoken in Canton and Hong Kong, later spreading throughout the Chinese and Southeast Asian coastal region.
2. Any English-lexifier pidgin.
   • 1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 209:

     They’ve picked up pidgin-English from the few old regulars I keep about the place and speak it much better than the old hands themselves.

3. (loosely) Any very basic English; broken English.

• Pichinglis: Pichinglis
  • → English: Pichinglis

• list of English-based pidgins on Wikipedia.Wikipedia