Bislama
Sign in to savethumb|A Bislama speaker, recorded in Vanuatu
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Bislama is a creole language spoken in Vanuatu, a South Pacific island nation, and developed historically from a mixture of English and local languages. It serves as a lingua franca that allows people from different language backgrounds throughout Vanuatu to communicate with one another.
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Key facts
- Language.name
- Bislama
- Language.altname
- Bichelamar
- Language.region
- Vanuatu
- Language.speakers
- 10,000
- Language.date
- 2011
- Language.ref
- e18
- Language.speakers2
- 200,000 L2 speakers
- Language.familycolor
- Creole
- Language.fam1
- English Creole
- Language.fam2
- Pacific
- Language.fam3
- Melanesian Pidgin
- Language.script
- Latin, Avoiuli (local)
- Language.nation
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19 sectionsContents
- History
- Name
- Dialectal variations
- Pacific creole comparison
- Orthography
- Grammar
- "Long"
- "Blong"
- Verbs
- Nouns
- Pronouns
- Tense/aspect/mood markers
- Subordination
- Sample texts and media
- The Bible
- Yumi, Yumi, Yumi
- Further reading
- References
- External links
thumb|A Bislama speaker, recorded in Vanuatu
Bislama ( ; ; also known by its earlier French name, ) is an English-based creole language. It is the national language of Vanuatu, and one of the three official languages of the country, the other ones being English and French. Bislama is the first language of many of the "Urban ni-Vanuatu" (citizens who live in Port Vila and Luganville) and the second language of much of the rest of the country's residents. The lyrics of "Yumi, Yumi, Yumi", the country's national anthem, are composed in Bislama.