General Sites on Borrowed Words in English and Pidgin/Creole Languages

• The English Language: Words Borrowed from Other Languages
  A wonderful page on the Krysstal Web site run by Kryss Katsiavriades and Talaat Qureshi. A "must" for anyone interested in this subject.

• Loanwords
  This is Suzanne Kemmer's informative site on loanwords and the major periods of borrowing in the English language. There are many examples of words that come not only from European languages, but also from languages in other parts of the world: Sanskrit, Hindi, Dravidian, Farsi, Arabic, African languages, Native American languages, Chinese, Japanese, and languages of the Pacific Islands and Australia.

• Fun Trivia
  Fun Trivia's fascinating site provides a dozen quizzes varying in difficulty on English words borrwed from other languages. This should be an excellent resource for teachers who want to provide enrichment and fun activities for their students.

• Some Interesting English Borrowed Words
  Richard Ebbs lists words borrowed from a wide assortment of languages, including Algonquin, Arabic, Bengali, Catalan, Ethiopian, Farsi, Greek, Hindi, Icelandic, Japanese, Kongo, Latvian, Mandarin, Micmac, Nahuatl, Quechua, Sanskrit, Serbo-Croatian, Sioux, Swedish, Tahitian, and more. A very interesting site with lots of valuable information.

• Asian Loan Words in English
  This page by Ann-Marie Imbornoni on the Infoplease site should be very helpful to teachers and students. While Gung ho, Tycoon, and Amuck are cited in the title of the article, there are links to many other English words that come from Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Polynesian, and Tagalog. Students should gain knowledge and insight from this page which we highly recommend.

• Bethump'd with Words
  Teachers will find that the resources provided by Mamopalaire, Inc. of Vermont (both in book and board game form) can serve as the basis for many enriching, classroom activities. The site provides sections on Tools for Teachers and Bethump'd Lesson Plans

• Words: Where do they come from?
  The Your Dictionary Web site provides valuable information on the history and derivation of a large number of borrowed words in English. Teachers should find these pages helpful as they prepare challenging, fun exercises for their students.

• Metcalf, Allan. The World in So Many Words: A Country-By-Country Tour of Words That Have Shaped Our Language. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999. ISBN: 0395959209.
  This resource is fun to read and informative, and is not just for the language specialist.

• Pidgin 101
  This page lists some examples of Pidgin spoken in Hawai`i.

• Pidgin and Creole Languages
  This site is a guide to Stanford University's Green Library collection on Pidgin and Creole. This site will be extremely useful to the scholars of Pidgin and Creole languages.

• Pidgin and Creole Languages
  Harold Schiffman created this site as a handout for his course on Multilingual Education in South/Southeast Asia.

• The Hawaiian Language Website
  This is Aunty D's excellent introduction to the Hawaiian language with many useful links to language and music.

• The Language of French Louisiana
  A very nice site that provides excellent information on Creole grammar and links to common expressions , pronunciation, vocabulary, proverbs and A Creole Wake Song .

• Creole Institute
  The Creole Institute at Indiana University has lots of useful information on Haitian and Louisiana Creole.

• Creole Links Page
  This site, created by Marilyn Mason, is part of The Creole Clearinghouse.