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Bislama

Bislama (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}English: /ˈbɪsləmɑː/ BISS-lə-mah; Bislama: ; also known by its earlier French name, bichelamar ) is an English-based creole language. It is the…

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VU
Glottolog
bisl1239
ISO 639-1
bi
ISO 639-2
bis
ISO 639-3
bis
Language family
PacificMelanesian PidginBislama · Melanesian PidginBislama · Bislama

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Bislama

Nodes53
Edges52
Triples184
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037736
Components1

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Bislama

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related to Further reading · 73
Bislama → A-57, Alexandre, An Illustrated Bislama-English, Beach-la-Mar, Berlin, Bislama Reference Grammar, Camden, Charpentier, Clarendon Press, Creole Linguistics, Creoles, Crowley, Current Issues, Darrell, Development, Egalitarian, English-Bislama Dictionary, France, François, Growth
related to External links · 21
Bislama → Australian National University, Bislama Archived, Bislama Language Lessons Archived, Bislama Preabuk, Bislama Translator, Bislama WikipediaBislama, BislamaA, BislamaBook, BislamaParadisec, Book, Common Prayer, Corps, Daily Post, English, Microsoft Word English, Mormon, MS Word, Spelling Dictionary, Vanuatu, Wayback Machine
related to history · 18
Bislama → Although, Australia, During, English, European, Fiji, Knowledge, New Hebrides, Pacific, Papua New Guinea, Pijin, Queensland, Solomon Islands, This, Tok Pisin, Torres Strait Creole, Vanuatu, With
related to Orthography · 15
Bislama → AE, AI, An, AO, AU, AÏ, AÜ, For, Labialized, Latin, MW, NG, PW, The Bislama Latin, Vanuatu
related to Name · 14
Bislama → Beach-la-Mar, Bichelamar, English, English-speaking, French, In, In Jack London's, Pacific, Portuguese, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sandalwood English, South Sea Tales, The, Yah
related to Dialectal variations · 7
Bislama → Dialects, English, For, French, French-based, In, Preferences
related to Verbs · 6
Bislama → English, For, French, If, The, Verbs
related to Pronouns · 4
Bislama → English, The, They, Tok Pisin
Language family · 3
Bislama → Bislama, Melanesian PidginBislama, PacificMelanesian PidginBislama
related to Grammar · 3
Bislama → English, French, Two

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english language vanuatu languages also long used french pidgin creole vocabulary written word national pacific 10 doi blong new suffix

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BislamaELPVU1.00infobox
BislamaGlottologbisl12391.00infobox
BislamaISO 639-1bi1.00infobox
BislamaISO 639-2bis1.00infobox
BislamaISO 639-3bis1.00infobox
BislamaLanguage familyPacificMelanesian PidginBislama1.00infobox
BislamaLanguage familyMelanesian PidginBislama1.00infobox
BislamaLanguage familyBislama1.00infobox
BislamaLinguasphere52-ABB-ce1.00infobox
BislamaNative speakers10,000 (2011) 200,000 L2 speakers[citation needed]1.00infobox
BislamaNative toVanuatu1.00infobox
BislamaOfficial language inVanuatu1.00infobox
BislamaPronunciation[biˈslama]1.00infobox
BislamaRegionVanuatu1.00infobox
BislamaWriting systemLatin, Avoiuli (local)1.00infobox
Bislamais afirst language of many of the0.90text
Bislamais aBible completed in 1998.Yumi0.90text

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