Bass Strait Pidgin
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English-based pidgin language
NativetoAustralia
RegionBass Strait
EraEarly 19th century
English Creole, with elements, mainly, of the Flinders Island Lingua franca.[1] Also, contained words from the New Holland tribes, as well as, negrito words.[1]
| Bass Strait Pidgin | |
|---|---|
| (unattested) | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Bass Strait |
| Era | Early 19th century |
English Creole, with elements, mainly, of the Flinders Island Lingua franca.[1] Also, contained words from the New Holland tribes, as well as, negrito words.[1] | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
Bass Strait Pidgin was an unattested English-based pidgin language spoken in the Bass Strait islands of Australia. It likely developed in the early 1800s as a result of contact between European sealers and Aboriginal women abducted from Tasmania.[1]
- 1 2 3 Wurm, Stephen A.; Mühlhäusler, Peter; Tryon, Darrel T., eds. (2011). "Pidgin English in New South Wales". Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas. pp. 27, 43. doi:10.1515/9783110819724. ISBN 9783110819724.
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