Pichinglis

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Pichinglis (also pichi, pichingli, Pichingle, or broken-inglis) was an English-based Creole spoken in Spanish territories during the colonial period. "Pichinglis" can refer to a trade pidgin used in the Canary Islands, but can also refer to a pidgin spoken in Spanish Guinea, on the island of Bioko (formerly Fernando Po) in the Gulf of Guinea, where it served as a lingua franca.^[1]

It has been suggested that the infusion of English words on Bioko was due to the use of contract laborers from Nigeria, who worked on the cacao plantations.^[2]

Pichinglis was stigmatized during the Franco regime.^[3]

1 Some words from Bioko Pichinglis
2 Canary Islands
3 See also
4 Notes
5 External links

[edit] Some words from Bioko Pichinglis

Pichinglis word	English	Spanish (Castilian)
ketch col	To catch a cold	Acatarrar
contrití	Country tea	té del país
buel	Boil	Absceso
Uonda	to wonder	Admirar, se
Mek smol	To become thin	Adelgazar
Di ples ué	the place where	Adonde
Pepe sup	Pimento soup	Sopa de pimienta

[edit] Canary Islands

Pichinglis on the Canary Islands was evident in the form of many anglo-canarismos (Anglo-Canarianisms), such as arrojar (to vomit), which is a calque of “to throw”; papas kineguas, chinequas, or quineguas (derived from the name of the variety of King Edward potatoes);^[4]^[5]; esmoche (car accident, car crash), which comes from "smashed"; winche or güinche, which derives from “winch.”^[6]