Pacific English creoles

GPTKB entity

Statements (25)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf language family
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Pacific pidgins and creoles
gptkbp:derivedFrom gptkb:English_language
gptkbp:developedBy contact between English speakers and Pacific Islanders
gptkbp:feature simplified grammar
influence from local languages
vocabulary derived from English
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pacific English creoles
gptkbp:includes gptkb:Solomon_Islands_Pijin
gptkb:Hawaiian_Pidgin
Bislama
Tok Pisin
Norfolk language
Pitkern language
gptkbp:languageFamily creole language
gptkbp:region gptkb:Micronesia
gptkb:Polynesia
Melanesia
gptkbp:spokenIn Pacific region
gptkbp:status some are official languages
some are national languages
some are vernacular languages
gptkbp:usedAs lingua franca
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bonin_English
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7