- melanesian pidgin
- noun
Usage: usually capitalized M: bêche-de-mer 2
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
melanesian pidgin
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Melanesian pidgin — /mɛləˌniʒən ˈpɪdʒən/ (say meluh.neezhuhn pijuhn) noun any of the English based Melanesian pidgins (more strictly creoles) spoken in Melanesia and Papua New Guinea, such as Tok Pisin, Bislama and Pijin; Neo Melanesian …
Melanesian Pidgin English — Neo Melanesian. * * * … Universalium
Melanesian Pidgin English — Neo Melanesian … Useful english dictionary
pidgin English — n. [see PIDGIN] 1. a simplified form of English used by certain peoples of E Asia and the South Pacific in dealing with foreigners: there are two forms, Chinese pidgin and Melanesian pidgin, the former based on the syntax of Chinese, the latter… … English World dictionary
pidgin — /pij euhn/, n. 1. an auxiliary language that has come into existence through the attempts by the speakers of two different languages to communicate and that is primarily a simplified form of one of the languages, with a reduced vocabulary and… … Universalium
Melanesian pidgins — ▪ language English based pidgins (pidgin) that are used widely in Melanesia (Melanesian culture); in some areas they have evolved into expanded pidgins, having become local vernaculars comparable to the creoles (creole languages) spoken in… … Universalium
Melanesian languages — languages belonging to the Eastern, or Oceanic, branch of the Austronesian (Malayo Polynesian) language family and spoken in the islands of Melanesia. The Melanesian languages, of which there are about 400, are most closely related to the… … Universalium
Pidgin-english — (пиджин инглиш | Pidgin english) Смешанный язык, употребляемый в портах Дальнего Востока носителями различных языков в их общении с европейцами; является китайским по своей грамматической структуре и английским по своему словарю. прим. В… … Пятиязычный словарь лингвистических терминов
Neo-Melanesian — /ˌnioʊ mɛləˈniʒən/ (say .neeoh meluh neezhuhn) noun → Melanesian pidgin …
Nauruan Pidgin English — Spoken in Nauru Native speakers Language family English based pidgin Language codes … Wikipedia
