mixed language

noun

1. See creole, lingua franca, pidgin
   any language containing items of vocabulary or other linguistic characteristics borrowed from two or more existing languages See also pidgin creole lingua franca

Example Sentences

Feist compares it with English and considers it a “mixed language” almost from the start, and many facts seem to favor this view.

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It appears that a very mixed language is spoken in the kingdom of Wild Oats.

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This mixed language still survives among some of the inferior races of men.

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They speak a mixed language collected from Persian Arabic, Syrian, and other tongues.

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To it, beyond all others, the designation of being a mixed language applies; indeed it corresponds altogether to this character.

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