mixed language

British

noun

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

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Kali Uchis found an audience for her mixed language hit “Telepatía” on TikTok, while Cardi B extended her reign with her No. 1 hit “Up,” which is nominated only for best rap performance.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2021

After a while, a mixed language succeeded, compounded of English and the original Norman-French; and this mixed language still continues in use.

From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.

They soon came less and less frequently, and finally in a kind of mixed language, a mingling of the new and the old, a fair transcript of his present style of conversation.

From The Golden House by Baker, Sarah S. (Sarah Schoonmaker)

Out of this mixture of Sumerians and Semites there arose a mixed people, a mixed language, and a mixed religion.

From Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

The mixed population necessarily had a mixed language, and a composite culture produced a composite theology.

From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

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