It is considered by linguists to be a creole language by way of nativization. With english as the superstrate, the colorful pidgin language of plantation life in Hawaiʻi was born from necessity. Most plantation owners and managers were english speaking. There were Hawaiians, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Puerto Ricans, Filipinos and Koreans. Plantations across the world normally consisted of foreign laborers, but none as diverse as early Hawaiian plantations. This form of pidgin is usually restricted to business and differs from the plantation pidgin we here in Hawaiʻi have been exposed to. Given the language barrier, pidgin was developed in order for the two groups to conduct business. The etymology of pidgin can be traced to the early Chinese trades with East European merchants. SMALL KINE STORY ON TALKINʻ PIDGIN ( A brief synopsis about Hawaiian Pidgin English) And recently, I became compelled to discover what had led us to speak in Hawaiian Pidgin English. Nevertheless, nothing happens without reason. I accepted it because I heard it all around me. Hawaiian Pidgin English is what we speak.

And my personal favorite… “And Wot?! Hah?! Like troʻ?! We go brah?!” was how someone would suggest that we engage in a physical fight. “Ho, I tink dat buggah crack block aʻready” was my cousinʻs reasoning about someone who had lost their mind. “Keoni, go insai dea anʻ peel da lights foʻ Aunty one fass one.” was my Auntyʻs request for me to go into the house and quickly turn off the lights.

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