creolization

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Etymology

From creole +‎ -ization.

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Noun

creolization (countable and uncountable, plural creolizations)

  1. (linguistics) the process of a pidgin rapidly expanding its vocabulary and grammatical rules, ultimately becoming a creole.
  2. (Trinidad and Tobago) of Indo-Trinidadians, the process of assimilation into the dominant Creole culture.

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