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