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Bislama

Also known as bi, Bislama language, Bichelamar

thumb|A Bislama speaker, recorded in Vanuatu

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Bislama is a creole language spoken in Vanuatu, a South Pacific island nation, and developed historically from a mixture of English and local languages. It serves as a lingua franca that allows people from different language backgrounds throughout Vanuatu to communicate with one another.

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Key facts

Language.name: Bislama
Language.altname: Bichelamar
Language.region: Vanuatu
Language.speakers: 10,000
Language.date: 2011
Language.ref: e18
Language.speakers2: 200,000 L2 speakers
Language.familycolor: Creole
Language.fam1: English Creole
Language.fam2: Pacific
Language.fam3: Melanesian Pidgin
Language.script: Latin, Avoiuli (local)
Language.nation: Vanuatu
Language.iso1: bi
Language.iso2: bis
Language.iso3: bis
Language.glotto: bisl1239
Language.imagecaption: A sign in Bislama written in boustrophedon Avoiuli script, from the island of Pentecost. The top-left reads, (Sap Centre of the Melanesian Institute for teaching science, philosophy, humanity and technology, Lisaa village, Central Pentecost).

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Wikimedia language code: bi
native label: Bislama
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 10000
Commons category: Bislama language
exact match: data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133093298
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19 sections

Contents

History
Name
Dialectal variations
Pacific creole comparison
Orthography
Grammar
"Long"
"Blong"
Verbs
Nouns
Pronouns
Tense/aspect/mood markers
Subordination
Sample texts and media
The Bible
Yumi, Yumi, Yumi
Further reading
References
External links

thumb|A Bislama speaker, recorded in Vanuatu

Bislama ( ; ; also known by its earlier French name, ) 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" (citizens who live in Port Vila and Luganville) 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.