Bislama

• Beach-la-Mar, Bichelama (dated)
• Bichelamar

Borrowed from Bislama Bislama, from French bêche-de-mer (“sea cucumber”). In the mid-nineteenth century, sea cucumbers were harvested and dried at the same time that sandalwood was gathered. The name came to be associated with the kind of pidgin speech that was used by the local laborers between themselves, as well as their English-speaking overseers.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪʃləmɑː/

Bislama

1. A creole language spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu, derived from Indo-European (mainly from English) and Oceanic languages.

• Category:Bislama language
• pidgin

• ISO 639-1 code bi, ISO 639-3 code bis (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Bislama, bis ⁠

• Baalism, sambali

From French bêche-de-mer (“sea cucumber”).

Bislama

1. the Bislama language

Probably borrowed from English Bislama, from Bislama Bislama, from French bêche-de-mer (“sea cucumber”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪs.laː.maː/

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• Hyphenation: Bis‧la‧ma

Bislama n

1. the Bislama language [from 1980s]