Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject English - Grammar, Style, Working Technique, grade: 1,3, University of Hildesheim, course: Seminar, 11 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: This term paper aims at analysing pidgin and creole languages. In the first part it introduces a brief historical description about the development of pidgin languages. In addition, it will inform the reader about pidgin and creole distributions by adding some geographical facts. In the next part, a definition and the grammar of pidgins will be briefly presented. Finally, the last part of that term paper will focus on creoles and examines the reasons for their development.