Linguists such as Keith Whinnom have proposed that a pidgin required three languages to develop where one dominates over the rest. A popular and accessible interlanguage should also be missing for a pidgin to develop. There should also be a need requiring the communities to communicate such as trade. The development of a pidgin is facilitated by consistent and constant interactions between societies with unrelated language. Trade pidgins and languages have been shown to influence the vernacular of an established language. An example of such a language is Swahili. These languages can subsequently develop as a complete language different from those languages they initially developed. The development of a pidgin language can be intended to simplify trade as in the case of Tok Pisin. The word jargon is sometimes used to denote Pidgin, and it has been included in the names of several pidgins including Chinook Jargon. The speakers of Hawaiian Creole English, as well as those of Tok Pisin commonly, call their respective languages Pidgin. In some areas, Pidgin is the particular name for local creoles or pidgins.
The term initially referred to Chinese Pidgin English until it was generalized to classify any Pidgin. Another etymology links the word to the English term pigeon which denotes a bird used to transport messages before the advent of modern communication. One theory stipulates that the word was pronounced by the Chinese to mean business. The history of the term pidgin is traced back to 1850 when it came to print. A pidgin language is adopted as a secondary tongue by the groups involved to enable them to engage with each other. A pidgin language typically features a mix of simplified languages or on the other hand a simplified primary language consisting of other languages' elements.
A pidgin language arises when two or more communities which do not share a common language adopt a simplified method of communicating.
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