The Kiautschou German pidgin is a minor extinct pidgin spoken by German-educated Chinese in the Kiautschou Bay concession.
Background There are records of some sort of a German pidgin developing since 1898. However, despite the high number of Germans within the concession, due to trade reasons, many preferred to use English instead. Thus, vigorous promotion of education of the German language commenced, and a slow transition from English to German began in the concession.
Sample sentences The German pidgin never fully developed on its own, instead branching off of the pre-existing English pidgin. Though not extensively recorded, it can be inferred many different local variations exist.
The following are samples of the pidgin: Kiautschou German pidginGermanEnglishI can speak German, the governor gave me permission to open a hotel, come see it; I have not yet a guest because I don't have rooms, but little by little.The German masters (in their) ships make a lot of noise.Your Excellency doesn't want any more champagne, (thus) the Chinese servant will go away.Last night I was ashamed to watch you from the street opposite your veranda, there were many people and I was afraid they would ridicule me.The source translates: to watch you from the veranda of the house opposite, but this must be an oversight as it adds the word "house" while leaving "Strasse" (street) untranslated.
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