Italian Eritrean

Italian Pidgin in Eritrea
Pidgin italiano in Eritrea
Simplified Italian of Eritrea (Italian Eritrean)
Native toItalian Eritrea
RegionEritrea
EthnicityEritreans, Italian Eritreans
Era19th to late-20th centuries
Italian-based pidgin
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
GlottologNone
IETFcrp-ER

Italian Pidgin in Eritrea (or Italian Eritrean, as is often called) also known as Asmara Pidgin Italian or Simplified Italian of Ethiopia (SIE) was a pidgin language used in Italian Eritrea when Eritrea was a colony of Italy (and until the 1970s in the Asmara region).