Statement I: A pidgin arises when two mutually unintelligible groups communicate using the most obvious features of each other's language. Statement II: However long a pidgin is spoken, it can never become a community's mother tongue.
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Correct answer: C. Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
Explanation
A pidgin that becomes children's first language is a creole (Tok Pisin, Haitian Creole), so II is false.
Note: The raw source key gave option 2; corrected.
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