PIDGIN  for See also:

• PIGEON

PIGEON] See also:

• ENGLISH

ENGLISH, the lingua franca of the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-ports of See also:

• CHINA

China, the Straits Settlements in the Far See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East, consisting in a See also:

• JARGON

jargon of corrupted English words with some inter-mixture of Portuguese and See also:

• MALAY

Malay, following See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese idiomatic usage . It is employed as a means of communication between foreigners and the native Chinese .