Melanesian Pidgin

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Melanesian Pidgin
Geographic
distribution
Melanesia
Linguistic classification English Creole
  • Pacific
    • Melanesian Pidgin
Subdivisions
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog earl1243

Melanesian Pidgin or Neo-Melanesian language comprises four related English-derived languages of Melanesia:

These languages are linked to workers from these places working on plantations in the Australian state of Queensland. Torres Strait Creole is the least closely related of the four.

See also