User:Binaryhazard/pidgin

Hawai'i Pidgin English, Hawai'i Crreole English, HCE, or mo betta, jus Pidgin, stey one creole language dat dey wen base on Haole English. It stey used by mos da Kamaina pepo dat from Hawai'i. ("Hawai'ian Pidgin English" stey one wrong label). Even doe Haole English and Hawai'ian stey da co-official kine talk of da Hawai'i state, Pidgin stey in use by Kamaina in everyday talk and sometime dey use it in da kine advertising fo da Kamaina. Da new ISO/DIS 639-3 language code fo da Hawai'i Pidgin (Hawai'i Creole English) stey hwc.

Pidgin (Or Hawi'i Creole) wen come from one form of talk dat dey wen use between da kamaina and haole english speakas in Hawai'i. It wen give mo to da pidin Hawai'ian dey already wen use on da kine plantations and odda places in Hawai'i. Da kine wen get influence by choke odda kine languages, some of dem are: Portagee, Hawai'ian, and da Cantonese kine (One of da chinese kine languages). As mo peopo from odda kine places wen get bring in fo work on da plantations, like da Japanese, da Filipinos, and da Koreans, Pidgin wen acquire words from dem odda kine languages. Japanese loanwords in Hawai'i list some of da kine words dat wen come from Japanese. Da Mexican and Puerto Rican settalas in Hawai'i also wen influence pidgin to one degree by dea spanish language.

Pidgin wen keep some of da influence from da odda kine languages. Fo example, da word "stay" in Pidgin have da same kine meanin as da Portagee verb "ficar", dat mean "to stay" when talkin bout one temporary state or location. Sometimes da structure of da language stey like dat of Portagee gramma. Fo instance, "You like one knife?" mean "Would you like a knife?". Da reason dey use da word "one" instead of "a" because da word "um" in Portagee have two meanins: "um" translate to "one" and "a" in Haole English. Da way peope use da phrase "No can" is Portagee grammar, as well. In Portagee, da phrase "Você não pode fazer isto!" wen come out in Pidgin as "You no can do dat!", and in Haole English as "You cannot do that!".

Portagee nasal vowels also appea in Pidgin. You can see dis in da idiom "Never mind", pronounced in Pidgin "nevamine", and also da word "kind", dat you pronounce in Pidgin "kine". Words like "dis", "dat", "da", and "den" meaning "this", "that", "the", an "then", respectively; are accents of Portagee/Spanish origin. In Portagee it stey common fo see words endin in "da". You may also hear "da" at the end of Pidgin words, like "quada" and "brada", dat stey "quarter" and "brother".

Pidgin words dat come from Cantonese stey seen in oda parts of America. Fo example, da word "Haa?" stey used by Chinese Americans outside Hawaiʻi. The meaning is "Excuse me?" or "What did you say?". Anodda word stay "chop suey", one popular dish truout America. In Hawaiʻi, it can also mean dat someone is different kine variety of ethnicities.

Da Hawaiian language is often used togedda with Pidgin, an dea are a few Pidgin words of Hawaiian origin such as "alohas" and "mahalos", which are "aloha" and "mahalo".

In da 19th an 20th centuries, Pidgin wen start fo be used outside da plantation between ethnic groups. Public school keiki learned Pidgin from dea classmates, and bumbye it wen become da primary language of mos da peopo in Hawaiʻi, replacin the original languages. For dis reason, linguists generally considea Hawaiian Pidgin to be a creole language.

Today, mos da peopo dat wen get raised in Hawaiʻi can speak and understan Pidgin to some extent. At da same time, choke pepo dat know Pidgin can code-switch between da standard Haole English and da Pidgin kine dependin on da situation. Knowledge of Pidgin is considered by many to be an important part of bein considered "local", regardless of racial and money kine background. Fo example, da Hawaiʻi-born CEO of one of da largest banks in da state said of the Mainland-born CEO of one competing bank, "Anytime he wants to debate in Pidgin on 'local,' I'm available."

While mos da linguists agree dat Hawaiʻi Pidgin is one full-fledge language wit its own gramma, pranunciation, intanation, and domains of use, it is viewed by some fo be "substandard", or as one "corrupted" form of English, or even as broken English. As one result, it is widely believed dat use of "standard" English is a key to career and educational success, and that use of Pidgin is a sign of lower money and political kine status. Its role in da schools of Hawaiʻi has been one subject of controversy, as critics of Pidgin blame da widespread use for bad results in standardized nationo tests in readin and writin. In 1987, da state Board of Education wen implement one policy allowin only Haole English in da schools; dis sparked one intense debate. Dey wen have simila debates since den.

Pidgin have distinct pranunciation differences from Haole English. Some a da key difference include da followin:

Pidgin's genaral rhydm is syllable-timed, meanin dat syllables take up almos da same amoun of time wit roughly da same amoun of stress. Haole English is stress-timed, meanin dat only stressed syllables are evenly timed. Some Western languages, includin Haole English, are stress-timed, while mos da Romance and East Asian languages are syllable timed. Many pranunciation features are shared wit da odda colloquial language forms or pidgins/creoles from odda parts of da world.

Da voiced and unvoiced th sounds are replaced by d or t respectively—that is, changed from one fricative to one occlusive (stop). Fo instance, that (voiced th) becomes dat, and think (unvoiced th) becomes tink. Da sound l at da end of one word is ofen pranounce o or ol. For instance, mental is often pronounced mento; people is pronounced peepo.

Pidgin is non-rhotic. Dat is, r after one vowel is offen omitted, simila fo many dialects, such as Eastern New England, Australian English, and English English variants. Fo instance, car is offen pronounced cah, and letter is pronounced letta. Intrusive r is also used. Da numba of Hawaiian Pidgin speakas wit rhotic English also been increasin.

Fallin intonation is used at da end of questions. Dis featea appear fo be from Hawaiian, and is shared with some other languages, including Fijian.