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زبان بیسلاما

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زبان بیسلاما

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Also known as bi, Bislama language, Bichelamar

thumb|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
Vanuatu
Language.iso1
bi
Language.iso2
bis
Language.iso3
bis
Language.glotto
bisl1239
Language.imagecaption
A sign in Bislama written in boustrophedon Avoiuli script, from the island of Pentecost. The top-left reads, (Sap Centre of the Melanesian Institute for teaching science, philosophy, humanity and technology, Lisaa village, Central Pentecost).

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
modern language
Country
France
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Wikimedia language code
bi
writing system
Avoiuli
native label
Bislama
number of speakers, writers, or signers
10000
topic's main category
Category:Bislama
Commons category
Bislama language
indigenous to
Vanuatu
P10369
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