Melanesian Pidgin | |
---|---|
Geographic distribution | Melanesia |
Linguistic classification | English Creole
|
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.