Pronunciations
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/ˈlɛk.sɪ.faɪ.ɚ/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
Noun
The language of a pidgin or creole that serves as the basis for most of its vocabulary.
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A great deal of linguistic evidence reveals that creole creators transformed the lexifier in a fashion unexplainable as just hybridization, but well known from studies of pidginization and second-language acquisition.