Hawaiian Pidgin

English Proper noun Hawaiian pidgin A creole language based in part on English used by most "local" residents of Hawaii. en Bu Kerry Chan Laddaran Pidgin English now an official language of Hawaii w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2015/11/12/living/pidgin-english-hawaii 2015-11-12 The results revealed a number of Pidgin and Hawaiian Pidgin speakers. Both were added to the census list that included over 100 languages, representative of the islands diversity. https://web.archive.org/web/20260411051658/https://www.cnn.com/2015/11/12/living/pidgin-english-hawaii 11 April 2026 Any pidgin language based on Hawaiian, especially used in the second half of the 19th century and the earliest 20th century. Usage notes Despite the literal meaning of the word pidgin, the language is instead considered by linguists to be a well developed creole, because a creole is the native language of a group of people, whereas a pidgin has no native speakers, and is a blended, ad-hoc trade language used when two groups of people have no other common language to communicate. Creoles develop from pidgins, and this language is no longer in the pidgin stage. Synonyms English creole language of Hawaii en Hawaiian Creole English, en Hawaii Creole English, en Hawaiian Creole, en Hawaiian Pidgin English, en Hawaii Pidgin English, en HCE pidgin based on Hawiian en pidgin Hawaiian See also en Nigerian Pidgin Further reading 1 hwc hwc en Languages