| (documentation PijinLanguage EnglishLanguage "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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