Bislama
See also: bislama
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- Beach-la-Mar, Bichelama (dated)
- Bichelamar
Etymology edit
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 edit
Proper noun edit
Bislama
- A creole language spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu, derived from Indo-European (mainly from English) and Oceanic languages.
Translations edit
a creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu
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See also edit
Further reading edit
- ISO 639-1 code bi, ISO 639-3 code bis (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Bislama, bis
Anagrams edit
Bislama edit
Etymology edit
From French bêche-de-mer (“sea cucumber”).
Proper noun edit
Bislama
- the Bislama language
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Probably borrowed from English Bislama, from Bislama Bislama, from French bêche-de-mer (“sea cucumber”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Bislama n
- the Bislama language [from 1980s]