23Which of the following statements about pidgins is NOT true?
(A)Some pidgins are predominantly used as a lingua franca.
(B)The pidgin is used at the beginning primarily as a trade language.
(C)The pidgin is the first language in some speech communities and has native speakers.
(D)The pidgin is a simplified language with reduced vocabulary and grammatical structure.

A pidgin, or pidgin language, is a grammatically simplified means of communication that develops between two or more groups that do not have a language in common: typically, a mixture of simplified languages or a simplified primary language with other languages' elements included. It is most commonly employed in situations such as trade, or where both groups speak languages different from the language of the country in which they reside (but where there is no common language between the groups). Fundamentally, a pidgin is a simplified means of linguistic communication, as it is constructed impromptu, or by convention, between individuals or groups of people. A pidgin is not the native language of any speech community, but is instead learned as a second language. 
(A)lingua franca: a language that is adopted as a common language between speakers whose native languages are different.