Bislama

English-based creole language of Vanuatu

Languagenatural language creole modern languageQ35452

Also known as bi · Bislama language · Bichelamar

Speakers: 10,000(2011)
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Sources
1.Stated in Ethnologue
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Subclass of: English-based creole languages
Script: Latin script
, Avoiuli
Indigenous to: Vanuatu

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Bislama 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" 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.

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Wikimedia language code: bi
Native label: Bislama
Country: Vanuatu
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Sources
1.“ScriptSource - Vanuatu”scriptsource.org/country/VURetrieved 2023-08-19
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France
Ethnologue language status: 1 National
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Sources
1.Stated in Ethnologueethnologue.com/language/bisRetrieved 2019-05-10
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-17.6000, 168.3000OpenStreetMap ↗

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