The Kiautschou German pidgin is a minor extinct

pidgin A pidgin , or pidgin language, is a grammatically simplified means of communication 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 from s ...

spoken by German-educated Chinese in the

Kiautschou Bay concession The Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory was a German leased territory in Imperial and Early Republican China from 1898 to 1914. Covering an area of , it centered on Jiaozhou ("Kiautschou") Bay on the southern coast of the Shandong Peninsula (g ...

Background

There are records of some sort of a German pidgin developing since 1898. However, despite the high number of Germans within the concession, due to trade reasons, many preferred to use

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instead. Thus, vigorous promotion of education of the German language commenced, and a slow transition from English to German began in the concession.

Sample sentences

The German pidgin never fully developed on its own, instead branching off of the pre-existing English pidgin. Though not extensively recorded, it can be inferred many different local variations exist. The following are samples of the pidgin:

References

{{Reflist German-based pidgins and creoles Extinct languages of Asia Chinese-based pidgins and creoles Languages attested from the 20th century Languages extinct in the 20th century