What Jared Diamond has said about Pidgin and creole languages
1 quote · 1 episode · Sep 3, 2026
Jared Diamond, American geographer, historian and author of "Guns, Germs, and Steel" and "Profits, Prophets, Coaches, and Kings", has been quoted on Pidgin and creole languages once in 1 episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, most recently on September 3, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Diamond says children of pidgin-speaking parents spontaneously transformed pidgin into a full creole language with grammar and tenses within a decade.
“the children themselves, within a decade, modified spontaneously, not consciously, modified pidgin to become a full language with a grammar and tenses and future tense and prepositions”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2549 - Jared Diamond (Sep 3, 2026) · Listen from 1:46:07
Episodes
#2549 - Jared DiamondThe Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 3, 2026 · 2 h 34 min
Jared Diamond talks with Joe Rogan about leadership, the rise of world religions, the origins of writing, language, and cannibalism and Kuru in New Guinea.