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Sigma KEE - PijinLanguage
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PijinLanguage
The
PijinLanguage
is a
PacificEnglishBasedCreoleLanguage
of the
SolomonIslands
. SIL code: PIS. ISO 639-2: cpe. Population: 15,000 first language speakers, 300,000 second or third language speakers (1997 Beimers SIL). Alternate names: SOLOMONS PIDGIN, NEO-SOLOMONIC. Comments: Basic vocabulary is closer to standard English than is Tok Pisin of Papua New Guinea. Grammar shows Melanesian features. Pronunciation varies according to local languages. Historically related to Tok Pisin of PNG and Bislama of Vanuatu. Intelligibility with Bislama is quite high. Creolization in progress. Language of wider communication. Dictionary. Literacy rate in first language: 60%. Literacy rate in second language: 50%. Recent efforts to standardize orthography. NT 1993.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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Instances
ContentBearingPhysical
Any
Object
or
Process
that expresses content. This covers
Object
s that contain a
Proposition
, such as a book, as well as
Man
ualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a
Proposition
.
CreoleLanguage
A
CreoleLanguage
is a
PidginLanguage
that has developed and become the mother tongue for a community of people. This process is called 'creolization' and results in an expanded vocabulary and grammar structure that allow for communication as rich and complex as that of non-creole languages. While pidgins are regarded as reduced languages, creoles are considered expanded languages. That is, while pidgins develop to enable communication in relatively isolated domains, creoles allow for a full range of expressive possibilities on a par with more 'recognized' languages.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
EnglishBasedCreoleLanguage
An
EnglishBasedCreoleLanguage
is a
CreoleLanguage
using a grammatical and core lexical foundation of the
EnglishLanguage
.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
Entity
The universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
HumanLanguage
The
subclass
of
Language
s used by
Human
s.
Language
A system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
LinguisticExpression
This is the subclass of
ContentBearingPhysical
which are language-related. Note that this
Class
encompasses both
Language
and the the elements of
Language
s, e.g.
Word
s.
PacificEnglishBasedCreoleLanguage
A
PacificEnglishBasedCreoleLanguage
is an
EnglishBasedCreoleLanguage
that evolved in areas in and near the
PacificOcean
.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
Physical
An entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
SpokenHumanLanguage
A
SpokenHumanLanguage
is a
HumanLanguage
which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all
SpokenHumanLanguage
s have a codified written form.
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