Assimilation: The process in which one culture adopts and absorbs elements of another culture. For example, when Native American tribes learned European languages during colonization.
Creole: A stable natural language that develops from a mixture of two or more languages. Creoles often emerge from contact between colonizers and enslaved populations, such as Haitian Creole.
Pidgin: A simplified form of communication that arises between groups with no common language. Pidgins typically emerge during trade or colonial interactions, like the West African Pidgin English used by European traders.