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creolized

American  
[kree-uh-lahyzd] / ˈkri əˌlaɪzd /

adjective

  1. (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.

creolized British  
/ ˈkriːəˌlaɪzd /

adjective

  1. (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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Etymology

Origin of creolized

First recorded in 1875–80; creolize + -ed 2

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English is now the most creolized tongue of all time, spoken in some form by people on every continent.

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