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Despite its name, Hawaiian Pidgin is not a [[pidgin]], but rather a full-fledged, [[nativization|nativized]] and demographically stable creole language.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/hwc|title=Hawai'i Pidgin|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150309094302/http://www.ethnologue.com/language/hwc|archive-date=9 March 2015|url-status=live|access-date=2 October 2017}}</ref> It did, however, evolve from various real pidgins spoken as common languages between ethnic groups in Hawaiʻi.
Although not completely mutually intelligible with [[American English|Standard American English]], Hawaiian Pidgin retains a high degree of mutual intelligibility with it compared to some other [[English-based creoles]], such as [[Jamaican Patois]], in part due to its relatively recent emergence. There is also tendency for many Hawaiian Pidgin speakers to mix the language with standard English. This has led to a distinction between pure "heavy Pidgin" and mixed "light Pidgin".<ref name=":4" />
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