Spoken L1 Language: Pijin

Comments on subclassification

Ross Clark 1979-1980

AES status:
not endangered
Source:
David M. Eberhard and Gary F. Simons and Charles D. Fennig 2024
Comment:
Pijin (pis-pis) = 3 (Wider communication). Originated on the sugar cane plantations in Queensland, Australia between 1863 and 1906. In 1904, at end of labor trade period, repatriated Solomon Islanders brought pidgin home. Widely spoken by majority of population.
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