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Pijin language

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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008009792
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2008009792#concept

Variants

Neo-Solomonic language
Solomon Islands Pidgin language
Solomons Pidgin language

Broader Terms

Creole dialects, English--Solomon Islands

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

Pijin language

Sources

found: Work cat.: 2008489062: Simons, Linda. Pijin blong yumi, 1978.

found: Ethnologue web version, Dec. 18, 2008:(Pijin; alternate names: Solomons Pidgin, Neo-Solomonic)

found: HIV & Raets blong iu, 2008:title page (Solomon Islands pidgin translation) (OCoLC)1378565542

found: Collins dictionary via WWW, May 8, 2023:(Solomon Islands Pidgin; the variety of Neo-Melanesian spoken in the Solomon Islands and neighbouring islands) - https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/solomon-islands-pidgin

found: Ethnologue via WWW, May 8, 2023:(Pijin; a language of Solomon Islands; alternate names: Neo-Solomonic, Solomons Pidgin; autonym: Pijin; classification: Creole, English based, Pacific)

found: Joshua Project WWW site, May 8, 2022:(language name: Pijin; alternate names: Neo-Solomonic, Solomons Pidgin; primary language for two people groups in Solomon Islands and one people group in Fiji; 51,000 speakers) - https://joshuaproject.net/languages/pis

LC Classification

PM7875.P55

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Change Notes

2009-06-25: new
2023-10-18: revised

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