Hawaiian - Pidgin English
Language Information
Hawaiian Pidgin English (Hawaii Creole English) is spoken in Hawaii by about 600,000 people.
It developed on sugar plantations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries among workers from Hawaii, China, Japan, Portugal, and the Philippines. It is an English-based creole with words from Hawaiian and other languages.
It developed on sugar plantations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries among workers from Hawaii, China, Japan, Portugal, and the Philippines. It is an English-based creole with words from Hawaiian and other languages.
- Language Family
- Pidgin and Creole
- Subgroup
- English Creole