Yokohama Pidgin Japanese
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.
| Yokohama Pidgin Japanese | |
|---|---|
| Region | Yokohama, Japan |
| Extinct | End of the 19th century |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | yoko1234 |
References
- Atkinson, Hoffman (1879). Revised and Enlarged Edition of Exercises in the Yokohama Dialect. Yokohama. OL 14038644M.
- Daniels, F. J. (1948). "The Vocabulary of Japanese Ports Lingo". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 12 (3/4): 805–823. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00083385.
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