Language/Bislama

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Facts about Bislama

• Language code (ISO 639-3): bis
• Autonyms (how to write "Bislama" in Bislama): Bislama
• Other names for "Bislama": Bichelamar
• The Bislama language is spoken in: Vanuatu

Bichelamar, also called bichlamar or bislama (autonym: bislama, /bislaˈma/), is an English lexical-based Creole, spoken in Vanuatu (old New Hebrides).

It is the lingua franca of this archipelago which also has around 130 vernacular languages. Since its independence in 1980, it has also been one of the three official languages of the Republic of Vanuatu, on par with French and English.

Dictionaries

• Bislama.org: Bislama-English dictionary

• Bislama-English dictionary [PDF]

• English-Bislama dictionary [PDF]

• The languages of Pentecost Island: introduction to Bislama

• Bislama-English dictionary [PDF]

• English-Bislama dictionary [PDF]

• Bislama Dictionary by András Rajki (2008)

• Les noms des plantes en bichlamar: origines, formations et déterminations botaniques, by Pierre Cabalion, in Journal de la Société des océanistes (1984)

• Sources: https://www.lexilogos.com/english/bislama_dictionary.htm

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