lexifier

A lexifier is a language from which pidgins and creoles derive most of their vocabulary.

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Jamaican Creole is a textbook example of a post-creole continuum, where following the establishment of a creole, the language merges with the original 'lexifier' language that supplied most of the vocabulary.

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'lexifier' language that supplied most of the vocabulary.

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The Amerindian-lexifier pidgins such as Chinook Jargon of the American Northwest, the Delaware Jargon or the Mobilian Jargon are good examples of this.

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The second type developed in multilingual work forces, for example, the Hawaiian-lexifier and English-lexifier pidgins of Hawaii or the

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Unlike places such as [[Haiti]], where the local creole and the lexifier ([[French language | French]]) were kept separate, Jamaican creoler emained in contact with English and therefore speakers created a continuum of varieties.

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The phenomenon of a creole becoming more like its lexifier is known as decreolisation.

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Unlike places such as [[Haiti]], where the local creole and the lexifier ([[French language | French]]) were kept separate,

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The phenomenon of a creole becoming more like its lexifier is known as

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The phenomenon of a creole becoming more like its lexifier is known as '' decreolisation ''. refers to many varieties of language spoken in [[Jamaica]].

Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009