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“A creole, according to this model, is simply a pidgin that has—due to the innate ability of young children—evolved into a native language and, in the process, fleshed out and become stable. Creole languages were like evolution happening before our eyes.”
Peggy Mohan, Wanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India through Its Languages

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