Bislama English Based Pidgins and Creoles Natural

This is the English-based pidgin of Vanuatu. It is also known as Bichelamar. Tok Pisin of Papua New Guinea and Pijin of the Solomon Islands are closely related. French has had some minor influence on Bislama, since Vanuatu was formerly a colony of both England and France.

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• Review of T. Crowley (1990) Bislama-English and English-Bislama Dictionary - As published in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 30, 1991.
• Bislama, Vanuatu's Pidgin Lingua Franca - An introduction to the pidgin of Vanuatu. english based A pidgins and creoles quote in Bislama is included.
• Bislama: Current situations - A brief description of Bislama.
• Tru Toktok Blong Baebol - A series of Bible lessons written in bislama Bislama by Ron Graham.
• Beach-la-Mar - The Babel Text - A translation of the Tower of Babel section of the pidgins and creoles Bible into Bislama.
• A Bibliography of Melanesian Pidgin English Dictionaries, Phrase Books and Study Guides - A bibliography of Melanesian Pidgin English dictionaries, phrase books and english based study guides.
• Bislama Stories - Three short stories in Bislama.
• Publications on Bislama - An annotated bibliography of Bislama.

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