Bamboo English
Language Information
Bamboo English is a pidgin English that developed around U.S. military bases in Japan, Korea, and the Philippines after World War II.
It mixed English with Japanese and Korean words, and a few of its words, such as honcho (from Japanese) and skosh, entered American slang.
It mixed English with Japanese and Korean words, and a few of its words, such as honcho (from Japanese) and skosh, entered American slang.
- Language Family
- Pidgin and Creole
- Subgroup
- English Pidgin