Neo-Melanesian

...The etymology of the word "pidgin" includes the theory that it is a Chinese dialect of the English word "business," the theory that it is a Chinese dialect of the Portuguese word "ocupação" (occupation), the theory that it is from the Hebrew word "pidjom" (trade), and the theory that it is from the indigenous language of the Guiana coast of South America "pidian" (human). At present, the theory that it is from "buisiness" is the most common. Human history is also a history of contact between people with different cultures and languages ​​through ethnic migration, war, trade, immigration, exploration, etc.

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…〈ピジン〉という名称の語源には，英語の〈business（仕事）〉の中国語訛り起源説，ポルトガル語〈ocupação（職業）〉の中国語訛り説，ヘブライ語〈pidjom（交易）〉説，南米ギアナ沿岸の先住民の言語の〈pidian（人間）〉説などがある。現在のところは，〈buisiness〉説が一般的である。　人間の歴史は，民族移動，戦争，交易，移民，探検などによる，異なった文化や言語を持つ人々同士の接触の歴史でもあった。…

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