Bislama
See also: bislama
English
Alternative forms
- Beach-la-Mar, Bichelama (dated)
- Bichelamar
Etymology
Borrowed from Bislama Bislama, from French bêche-de-mer (“sea cucumber”). In the mid-nineteenth century, sea cucumbers were harvested and dried at the same time that sandalwood was gathered. The name came to be associated with the kind of pidgin speech that was used by the local laborers between themselves, as well as their English-speaking overseers.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɪʃləmɑː/
Proper noun
Bislama
- A creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu, derived from Indo-European and Malay languages.
Translations
a creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu
See also
- Category:Bislama language
- pidgin
Further reading
- ISO 639-1 code bi, ISO 639-3 code bis
- Ethnologue entry for Bislama, bi
- Bislama edition of Wikipedia
Bislama
Etymology
From French bêche-de-mer (“sea cucumber”)
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