ISO 639-3 None (mis) | Glottolog yoko1234 | |
Extinct End of the 19th century | ||
Yokohama Pidgin Japanese, Yokohamese or Japanese Ports Lingo was a Japanese-based pidgin spoken in the Yokohama area during the late 19th century for communication between Japanese and foreigners. Most information on Yokohama Pidgin comes from Exercises in the Yokohama Dialect, a humorous pamphlet published in 1879 by Hoffman Atkinson.
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Yokohama Pidgin Japanese Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA