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Bislama

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Bis·la·ma  (bs-läm)
n.
A lingua franca based on Malay and English, spoken in the southwest Pacific, especially in the Papua New Guinea area. Also called Beach-la-Mar, Bêche-de-Mer.

[Pidgin or native variant of Bêche-de-Mer.]


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The three independent Melanesian states, linked by a common language (called Tok Pisin in PNG, Pijin in Solomon Islands and Bislama in Vanuatu) and varying degrees of Melanesianism, s oon formed a "Melanesian Spearhead Group" along with New Caledonia's Front de Liberation Nationale Kanak et Socialiste (FLNKS).
The "Big wok" of the title is Bislama (the variety of Melanesian Pidgin spoken in Vanuatu) for the big work that was undertaken by ni-Vanuatu and outsiders during World War II, the time when the country was inundated with man America, hundreds of thousands of U.
The final chapter, "The Passing Scene," includes a potpourri of articles examining Bislama, the political history of Vanuatu, foreign collections of Vanuatu art and the contemporary local art scene.
 
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