Bislama

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Proper noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 See also 1.6 External links 1.7 Anagrams 2 Bislama 2.1 Proper noun 3 Dutch 3.1 Proper noun

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Alternative spellings

• (dated) Beach-la-Mar
• (dated) Bichelama

[edit] Etymology

A loanword from the Bislama language, 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.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɪslɑmɑ/

[edit] Proper noun

Singular Bislama

Plural -

Bislama

1. A creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu, derived from Indo-European and Malay languages.

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[edit] See also

• Category:Bislama language
• pidgin

[edit] External links

• ISO 639-1 code bi, ISO 639-3 code bis (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Bislama, bis
• Bislama edition of Wikipedia

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of aabilms
• Baalism

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[edit] Bislama

[edit] Proper noun

Bislama

1. the Bislama language

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[edit] Dutch

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Bislama n.

1. the Bislama language