'''Pidgin''' refers to a simplified [[language]] that is used for [[trade]] purposes between groups of people who do not share a similar language.
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'''Pidgin''' refers to a simplified [[language]] that is used for [[trade]] purposes between groups of people who do not share a similar language, whereas [[creole]]s are fully fledged new languages that arise from a pidgin once young children are exposed to it.<ref>[http://www.michaelerard.com/fulltext/2006/08/a_language_is_born_new_scienti.html]</ref>