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  Creole language - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
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Hawaiian Pidgin began as a pidgin jargon used in the early European colonization of the Hawaiian Islands.
Spoken exclusively by the inhabitants of the Pitcairn Islands and Pitcairnese migrants in Norfolk Island, an 18th century dialect of English is spoken with the Tahitian language to form the Creole language known as Pitcairnese, or Norfuk in Norfolk Island.
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 Grammatical_aspect LANGUAGE SCHOOL EXPLORER
In many cases, the English simple past is used in situations that would be rendered in the imperfective in most other languages, not the perfective.
This corresponds (roughly) to the "have X-ed" construction in English, as in "I have recently eaten".
Note that the aspectual systems of certain dialects of English, such as Hawaiian Creole English and African-American Vernacular English, are quite different from standard English, and often distinguish aspect at the expense of tense.
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 ipedia.com: Hawaiian Pidgin Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Hawaiian Pidgin English, also known as Hawaiian Creole English or simply Pidgin, is a creole language based on English that is widely spoken by residents of Hawai‘i;.
Although standard American English is one of the official languages of the State of Hawai‘i, Pidgin is used in everyday conversation, and is often used in radio and television.
Today, most people born or raised in Hawai‘i can speak and understand Pidgin to some extent, and many consider it an important part of local culture.
www.ipedia.com /hawaiian_pidgin.html   (687 words)

  
 Hawaiian - Dictionary English Hawaiian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Dictionary of Hawaiian words not printed in the Elbert and Puku`i Hawaiian language dictionary as...
General description of Hawai`i Creole English including examples of vocabulary, grammar and phonology.
A dictionary of Hawaiian words, searchable by english or hawaiian.
hawaiian.researchanalyze.com /dictionaryenglishhawaiian   (426 words)

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