Chinese Pidgin English
E827483
Chinese Pidgin English is a historical contact language that developed between English and Chinese speakers, primarily for trade and communication in port cities such as Canton and Shanghai.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chinese Pidgin English canonical | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English-based pidgin
ⓘ
contact language ⓘ historical language ⓘ pidgin language ⓘ trade language ⓘ |
| declinedInCentury | early 20th century ⓘ |
| developedInCentury |
18th century
ⓘ
19th century ⓘ |
| developedInCity |
Canton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guangzhou NERFINISHED ⓘ Shanghai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedInContext |
Canton System
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
European–Chinese trade ⓘ treaty port era ⓘ |
| developedInRegion | southern China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedBy |
19th-century travel accounts
ⓘ
early linguistic descriptions ⓘ missionary writings ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Canton English
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chinese Coastal English NERFINISHED ⓘ Pidgin English of China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGrammarFeature |
lack of grammatical gender
ⓘ
limited tense marking ⓘ simplified syntax ⓘ use of invariant verb forms ⓘ |
| hasLanguageFamily | English-based creole and pidgin ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInfluence |
Cantonese vocabulary
ⓘ
Chinese phonology ⓘ |
| hasLexicalSource | English vocabulary ⓘ |
| hasLexifierLanguage | English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | reduced inflection ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticRole | lingua franca in Chinese treaty ports ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticStatus | non-native second language for all speakers ⓘ |
| hasStatus | extinct ⓘ |
| hasSubstrateLanguage |
Cantonese
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| influenced |
Chinese English
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hong Kong English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Standard English
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
other English varieties in China ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
British traders
ⓘ
Chinese intermediaries ⓘ Chinese merchants ⓘ other European traders ⓘ sailors ⓘ |
| usedFor |
intercultural communication
ⓘ
trade communication ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
commerce
ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.