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In [[contact linguistics]], the term '''contact language''' is sometimes used to refer generically to languages whose genesis was significantly influenced by [[language contact]], i.e. [[pidgin]]s, [[creole]]s, and other kinds of [[mixed language]]s.

===Polysemy===
The term ''contact language'' is also sometimes used simply for a language that has been in contact with another language; see [[contact language (i.e. language in contact)]].

===References===

*Sebba, Mark. 1997. ''Contact Languages: Pidgins and Creoles.'' MacMillan. ISBN 0-333-63024-6.
*Thomason, Sarah G. (ed.) 1997. ''Contact languages: a wider perspective.'' Amsterdam: Benjamins.

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