A multilingual community abruptly adopts a simplified trade language (pidgin) as its primary means of communication. Which outcome becomes most probable over several generations?

💡 Explanation

Creolization occurs when a pidgin becomes the native language of a new generation, expanding its vocabulary and grammatical structure. Because the language is needed for a wider range of communicative needs, therefore a more complex grammar emerges, rather than remaining a simplified pidgin or causing immediate language extinction.

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