The BroomePerlingLuggerPidginLanguage is a MalayBasedPidginLanguage of Australia. SIL code: BPL. ISO 639-2: crp. Population (40 to 50 speakers, mainly Aborigines). Region: Broome, Lombardinie, Beagle Bay, La Grange, One Arm Point, Derby. Alternate names: BROOM CREOLE, KOEPANG TALK, MALAY TALK, JAPANESE PIDGIN ENGLISH. Comments: Used as a lingua franca on pearling boats to communicate between Malays, Japanese, Chinese, and Aborigines. Some Japanese and Aboriginal creole or pidgin English words. Second language only.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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