Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word PICHINGLIS

Definitions of PICHINGLIS

1. An Atlantic English-lexicon creole language spoken on the island of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea; an offshoot of the Krio language of Sierra Leone.

Examples of Using PICHINGLIS in a Sentence

• Spanish is the official language of the city and of the country as well, but Pichinglis is used as a language of wider communication across Bioko island, including Malabo.
• Krio is an English-based creole from which descend Nigerian Pidgin English and Cameroonian Pidgin English and Pichinglis.
• Native Fernandinos spoke Equatoguinean Spanish, French, Bube and a form of pidgin English called Pichinglis.
• In the literature, Pichi is known under the names Fernando Po Creole English, Fernando Po Krio, Fernandino Creole English, Pidgin (English), Broken English, and Pichinglis.
• The Krio language of the Creole people influenced other pidgins such as Cameroonian Pidgin English, Nigerian Pidgin English, and Pichinglis.

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