Sociolinguistics 7, Exercise 1: pidgin, creole or mixed language? (a) Pidgin. Speakers share no language, vocabulary and grammar are limited, and it is used for trade. It is not the native language of any speech community. (b) Creole. Children learn the pidgin as a first language (nativization); the result has a consistent grammar and a large stable vocabulary. (c) Mixed language. It arises in a bilingual population fluent in both source languages, and the blend is fixed in grammar and vocabulary. Source: Wikipedia, Pidgin; Creole language; Mixed language.