Bamboo English

Japanese Bamboo English
Region	Japan
Native speakers	—
Language family	English-based pidgin
Language codes
ISO 639-2	cpe
ISO 639-3	–

Japanese Bamboo English is an English-based pidgin that was spoken between American military personnel and the Japanese in occupied Japan after the Second World War. Recently it has been most widely used in Okinawa, where there is a significant U.S. military presence.

References

• Smith, Norval (1994). "An annotated list of creoles, pidgins, and mixed languages". In Jacques Arends, Pieter Muysken, Norval Smith (eds.) (ed.). Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction. Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins. pp. pp. 331–374. {{cite book}}: |editor= has generic name (help); |pages= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link)
• Zorman, Arthur M. Z. (1955). "Bamboo English: The Japanese Influence Upon American Speech". American Speech. 30 (1): pp. 44–48. {{cite journal}}: |pages= has extra text (help)

See also

• United States Forces Japan
• Korean Bamboo English