What are Creoles and Pidgins? And What`s the Difference?

What`s the difference between Creoles and Pidgins? In this video I examine how Pidgin languages and Creole languages develop, and how they are different from each other.

Music:
Intro music: "Champ" by Gunnar Olsen, Youtube Audio Library.
Outro music: "Circular" by Gunnar Olsen.

[TheHeroAppeared]

I'm pretty sure my 2 year old nephew and I have a pidgin language going on.

[juniorxeastny]

I am Haitian-American (grew up in New York City) and I was so surprised when I did college study abroad in Madagascar that I understood and could communicate with native speakers from Reunion, Mayotte, and Comoros Islands in the Indian Ocean. The creole they spoke was almost exactly like Haitian Creole.

[timinewtech]

let's be honest here; you're awsome

[epfizerdoolittleajl]

There's a mixture language being developed in London right now believe it or not. Its been developing for years

[kayness]

I live in Singapore and people here speak Singlish. It's not officially recognised but it's considered a creole language. The government has tried to discourage its use in the past but I think now they just gave up XD

[RicardoMCKN]

BRAVO!!! I'm from Jamaica, so I speak Jamaican Creole (Patwa) and there has been much that has been done in recent years to educate Jamaicans on the FACT that Jamaican Creole is in fact a distinct language from English; It's a Creole of English, various West African languages, and bits of Spanish and Portuguese for good measure. Unfortunately, many very old-fashioned Jamaicans still consider it "bad English" based on the brainwashing done by the former colonial power (England). Nevertheless, it is a LINGUISTIC FACT that Jamaican Creole is a Creole language of the Western Atlantic. Thanks for this video! It was really outstanding!

[Amy-seld]

Pidgin English is basically how Nigerians survive with all those languages

[AgglomeratiProduzioni]

In XVII century there was a Basque-Icelandic pidgin: a creole would have been awesome!

[AR-pdvx]

Thank you sifu, you saved my time for understanding this pidgin and creoles. I have SOCIOLINGUISTICS exam tomorrow. And I bet there is a question about this topic!

Have a good day, sir ;)

[CoPpErPiLlZ]

not everyday i go on youtube and actually find what i was looking for, thanks heaps! this was helpful and i loved the easy to understand examples :)

[javiervazquezfuentes]

Man! You've just saved my life! I'm supposed to deliver an essay about this and I was lost in concept 'til I found your video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Thumbs up!

[ngawikiaroha]

wow, thanks so much for this simple explanation! AND I was finally able to find a song that I had been looking for for years - when I watched your video I realised the song was in Bislama and was able to find it, so again, thank you @Langfocus.

[johnbarham]

I speak French and trying to work on learning Haitian Creole. It is surprising how easy for me to learn the language already knowing French.

[Buzzygirl]

I never knew the difference between pidgins and creoles until today. I've already subbed to your YouTube channel... you rock, Paul, and have a NICE day!

[MichaelKilmanAuthor]

You have so many fantastic videos on this channel. I use them in several of my university courses. Thanks for all the hard work that goes into your channel.

[Butterfly_NL]

Thank you so much for making this video, it has helped me so much getting through a hard part of my essay for school!

[electalumnwi]

You just KISS it.
Thank you so much for explicitly short content

[jaritos]

Would you say that English is a Creole between old Germanic languages and French?

[keyman]

I enjoy these 'universal' insights you provide, along with the specifics. It provides a framework of understanding the nuances of language vs dialect and the sub dialects, along with the interrelationships

[dicksonpagente]

Excellent! This was actually one of the topics that I've discussed in our Phd class. I'm taking up applied linguistics by the way. One common characteristic of pidgins and creoles is that, its structure is based on L1 but its lexical supply is from L2.