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West_African_Pidgin_Portuguese

West African Pidgin Portuguese

English

Alternative forms

  • WAPP (abbreviation)

Proper noun

West African Pidgin Portuguese

  1. (creolistics) A hypothetical Portuguese-based pidgin spoken across the western coast of Africa between the 14th and 18th centuries, believed by some to be the proto-language of most or all modern creoles.