1. plural of pidginisation; instances or processes of converting a language into a pidgin or simplifying language for communication between speakers of different native languages
Usage: British spelling variant; American English typically uses 'pidginizations'; linguistics term; often used in academic or historical contexts discussing language evolution

Examples

• The pidginisations of English in colonial trade ports created distinct regional dialects.
• Linguists study pidginisations to understand how languages evolve under contact conditions.
• Multiple pidginisations occurred as merchants from different nations interacted along the coast.
• The historical pidginisations documented in shipping records reveal patterns of language mixing.
• These pidginisations eventually developed into creole languages spoken by subsequent generations.