Samoan Plantation Pidgin
Samoan Plantation Pidgin | |
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Region | English-based pidgin
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog | samo1307 |
Samoan Plantation Pidgin is an
pidgin language that was spoken by plantation workers in Samoa. It is closely related to Tok Pisin, due to the large number of New Guinean
laborers in Samoa.
External links
- Mühlhäusler, Peter (1983). "Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin". In Ellen Woolford, William Washabaugh (ed.). The Social Context of Creolization. pp. 28–76.