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creolized
[ kree-uh-lahyzd ]
/ ˈkri əˌlaɪzd /
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adjective
(of a language) formerly a pidgin or the base language of a pidgin, but now the native language of a group of speakers, with an enriched vocabulary and grammatical structure.
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creolized
creolised
/ (ˈkriːəˌlaɪzd) /
adjective
(of a language) incorporating a considerable range of features from one or more unrelated languages, as the result of contact between language communities
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