Nauruan Pidgin English is an
English-based
pidgin
A pidgin , or pidgin language, is a grammatically simplified form of contact language that develops between two or more groups of people that do not have a language in common: typically, its vocabulary and grammar are limited and often drawn f ...
spoken in
Nauru
Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru, formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country and microstate in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies within the Micronesia subregion of Oceania, with its nearest neighbour being Banaba (part of ...
. It appears to be the result of a merger of
Chinese-type and
Melanesian-type pidgins (see
Micronesian Pidgin English
Micronesian Pidgin is an English-based pidgin language spoken in nineteenth-century Micronesia. It may have been related to Melanesian Pidgin English, due to prolonged language contact via migrant workers from Melanesia, shared lexicon and simi ...
). The language has also started to be superseded by English and currently has around 1,000-9,999 remaining speakers in 2007.
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English-based pidgins and creoles
Languages of Nauru
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