Melanesian Pidgin

Melanesian Pidgin or Neo-Melanesian language comprises four related English-derived languages of Melanesia: Bislama, of Vanuatu Solomon Islands Pidgin Tok Pisin, of Papua New Guinea Torres Strait Creole, of the Torres Strait Islands and parts of Cape York Torres Strait Creole is the least closely related of the four, and is sometimes treated as a separate from the other three. These languages are based on a mixture of a substrate of Eastern Oceanic languages, and substrate of German (from the era of German New Guinea) and/or English (due to "blackbirding", where Melanesians were indentured to work on plantations in Queensland, Australia).

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Melanesian Pidgin

Melanesian Pidgin or Neo-Melanesian language comprises four related English-derived languages of Melanesia: Bislama, of Vanuatu Solomon Islands Pidgin Tok Pisin, of Papua New Guinea Torres Strait Creole, of the Torres Strait Islands and parts of Cape York Torres Strait Creole is the least closely related of the four, and is sometimes treated as a separate from the other three. These languages are based on a mixture of a substrate of Eastern Oceanic languages, and substrate of German (from the era of German New Guinea) and/or English (due to "blackbirding", where Melanesians were indentured to work on plantations in Queensland, Australia).

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