Samoan Plantation Pidgin
| Samoan Plantation Pidgin | |
|---|---|
| Region | Samoa |
| Era | Effectively extinct |
|
English-based pidgin
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
None (mis) |
| Glottolog |
samo1307[1] |
Samoan Plantation Pidgin is an English-based pidgin language that was spoken by plantation workers in Samoa. It is closely related to Tok Pisin, due to the large number of New Guinean laborers in Samoa.
References
- Mühlhäusler, Peter (1983). "Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin". In Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh. The Social Context of Creolization. pp. 28–76.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Samoan Plantation Pidgin". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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