Avram, Andrei2024-03-182024-03-182020-04-08https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3744529https://africarxiv.ubuntunet.net/handle/1/832https://doi.org/10.60763/africarxiv/785https://doi.org/10.60763/africarxiv/785https://doi.org/10.60763/africarxiv/785The chapter is an overview of eight Arabic-lexifier pidgins and creoles: Turku, Bongor Arabic, Juba Arabic, Kinubi, Pidgin Madame, Jordanian Pidgin Arabic, Romanian Pidgin Arabic, and Gulf Pidgin Arabic. The examples illustrate a number of selected features of these varieties. The focus is on two types of transfer, imposition and borrowing, within the framework outlined by Van Coetsem (1988; 2000;2003) and Winford (2005; 2008).creolespidginsHUMANITIES and RELIGION::Languages and linguistics::Other languages::Arabic language