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,^[1] where there is a significant U.S. military presence. A language family is a group of languages related by descent from a common proto-language. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... This article is about simplified languages. ... ISO 639-1 is the first part of the ISO 639 international-standard language-code family. ... ISO 639-2 is the second part of the ISO 639 standard, which lists codes for the representation of the names of languages. ... ISO 639-3 is an international standard for language codes. ... The Unicode Standard, Version 5. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... This article is about simplified languages. ... Alternate cover US 1979 and 2002 reissue cover, also known as paint spatter cover For the military meaning, see Armed forces. ... Capital Tokyo Language(s) Japanese Political structure Military occupation Military Governor  - 1945-1951 Douglas MacArthur  - 1951-1952 Matthew Ridgway Emperor  - 1926-1989 Hirohito Historical era Post-WWII  - Surrender of Japan August 15, 1945  - San Francisco Treaty April 28, 1952 At the end of the Second World War, Japan was occupied... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... This article is about the prefecture. ...

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References

• Smith, Norval (1994). "An annotated list of creoles, pidgins, and mixed languages", in Jacques Arends, Pieter Muysken, Norval Smith (eds.): Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction. Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins, pp. 331–374. 
• Zorman, Arthur M. Z. (1955). "Bamboo English: The Japanese Influence Upon American Speech". American Speech 30 (1): pp. 44–48. 

See also

• United States Forces Japan
• Korean Bamboo English